D&B contractor liable for the cost of replacing defective cladding in the TCC’s first substantive decision post the Grenfell tragedy

Judgment has very recently been handed down by HHJ Stephen Davies in Martlet Homes Limited v Mulalley & Co. Limited, the first substantive Judgment from the TCC on defective cladding since the Grenfell tragedy in 2017. In associated Court of […]

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Building Safety Bill 2021: Retrospective extension of limitation period under the Defective Premises Act 1972

The Building Safety Bill 2021 (the “Bill”) proposes to expand the limitation period for property owners to bring a claim for defective works from six years to fifteen years. This legislation, if passed in its current form, would apply retrospectively, […]

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