Approved Inspectors do not owe a duty under the Defective Premises Act 1972

The Court of Appeal’s decision in The Lessees and Management Company of Heron’s Court v NHBC Building Control Services Limited [2019] EWCA Civ 1423 (“Heron’s Road”) reaffrims that Approved Inspectors do not owe a duty under Section 1 of Defective Premises Act 1972.

In this article, Nathan Modell, Joanna Lewis and David Murphy discuss the Court of Appeal’s decision handed down yesterday (14 August) in Lessees and Management Company of Heron’s Court v NHBC Building Control Services Limited [2019] EWCA Civ 1423 (“Heron’s Court”) reaffirms that Approved Inspectors do not owe a duty under Section 1 of Defective Premises Act 1972.