Search Results
Below are Article Search Results
Article Search
Search Results: Page 2
Which Bills survived the 2024 General Election announcement?
May 2024Update on the Arbitration Bill – what you need to know now! The Arbitration Act 1996 (“AA 1996”) applies to arbitrations seated in England, Wales, or Northern Ireland. Arbitration reportedly contributes over £2.5 billion annually to the British economy and the Arbitration Bill, introduced to Parliament in November 2023, aimed to continue this success[1]. Our… Read More >
Former executives ordered to pay £80 billion in damages over Fukushima nuclear disaster: an example of what could come for those at the frontline of managing risk
July 2022Last week, a Tokyo District Court ordered four former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company to pay the company ¥13.32 trillion (£80 billion) in damages for failing to prevent a triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011, which was one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. Background In 2012, the former… Read More >
The Building Safety Act: Changes to the Limitation Period Under The Defective Premises Act 1972
June 2022It has recently been announced that the Building Safety Bill is being brought into force as The Building Safety Act 2022 (the “Act”) and will extend the limitation period in respect of when a claim can be brought under Section 1 of the Defective Premises Act 1972 (the “DPA”). Section 1 of the DPA essentially… Read More >
Building Safety: New Plans for Low Rise Buildings Unveiled
January 2022Background On 10 January 2022, the Secretary of State for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (“DLUHC”) published a letter to the residential property industry to propose a fully funded plan of action for the remediation of unsafe cladding on low rise residential buildings. What will be required of residential property developers? The… Read More >
US Senate Passes $1tn Infrastructure Bill
September 2021On 10 August 2021, the US Senate approved a $1tn infrastructure bill (the ‘Bill’) designed to help rebuild America’s aging roads, bridges, public transport and more. The Bill was passed by a bipartisan majority of 69:30 in the Senate (despite late efforts from former president Donald Trump to derail its progress) and promises to deliver… Read More >
Building a Safer Future: New regulator means safer construction products and materials
February 2021As those who have followed media coverage of the Grenfell Inquiry will be aware, it has highlighted the dishonest practice seemingly employed by some manufacturers of construction products. As observed by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, “the Grenfell Inquiry has heard deeply disturbing allegations of malpractice by some construction product manufacturers and their employees and of… Read More >
Building Safety Reforms Announced
April 2020On 2 April 2020, the Ministry of Housing confirmed a number of different reforms to the Building Regulations following the Government’s ‘Building a Safer Future’ consultation in June last year. These changes follow the recommendations made in Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety (“Hackitt Review”). In this article, Joanna Lewis… Read More >
Professional Indemnity Cover – What Next for RICS Members?
March 2022In recent years it has been increasingly difficult for professionals to obtain professional indemnity insurance (PII) cover. With less Insurers writing PII, those professionals who can secure terms have had to pay significantly higher premiums for substantially reduced cover. This has led to a rise in the number of surveyors seeking cover in the RICS… Read More >
The year ahead in construction – 2022
January 2022In her latest column for Building, Sheena Sood previews what 2022 will hold for the construction industry from a legal point of view, from the Building Safety Bill, the “hard” insurance market and climate change to flourishing new technologies and innovation. This article was first published by Building in January 2022. Click here to read… Read More >
Construction Products Post-Brexit and Grenfell: Are you UKCA (and GSR) ready?
October 2021Introduction Since the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the regulation of construction products has attracted unprecedented levels of scrutiny and the Government has come under pressure to raise safety requirements. The use of controversial Aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding on the tower was a major contributor to the disaster. It had nonetheless been a lawful material at… Read More >