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ARCHITECTS’ ROUNDTABLE – SEPTEMBER 2021
September 2021On 15 September, Beale & Co were delighted to host its latest Architects’ Roundtable for leading architectural practices. The roundtable provided an opportunity for architects to reflect on the key issues, some new and some prevailing, that are affecting the industry and to debate the challenges of today and the future. The roundtable focussed on… Read More >
Data Protection Reforms – Simplification of Compliance and International Data Transfers
September 2021On 10 September 2021, the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport issued a consultation seeking views on the government’s plans to reform the UK’s data protection laws, specifically the GDPR (as implemented in the UK) and Data Protection Act 2018 (the UK GDPR). The aim of the reforms is to create a more… Read More >
Proposed Amendments to the Building Safety Bill
September 2021Further to our article Building Safety Bill: A new landscape for claims under the defective premises act 1972? in July 2021, various iterations of the Building Safety Bill (Amendment paper) are being submitted by the House of Commons Committee and we wanted to pick up and highlight two key issues the first which seeks to… Read More >
Top-to-bottom reform: EU outlines new “vertical” rules on distribution
September 2021Introduction On 9 July 2021, the EU Commission released a draft version of the EU Vertical Agreements Block Exemption (“VABE”)[1] for consultation, together with the accompanying vertical agreements guidelines[2]. The proposed changes are significant for businesses[3]. Vertical agreements are those which relate to the supply of goods and services between parties at different levels of… Read More >
PFI hand-back – are you at risk?
September 2021This article was first published by Building on 7 September 2021 If you were involved in design or construction of PFI projects about to expire, be prepared for fallout in the form of claims against you as the facilities are handed back. PFI was introduced by the UK government in 1992 to encourage private sector… Read More >
The Race to Net Zero; how construction is modernising their materials and construction methods ahead of 2050
September 2021With the race to 2050’s net zero target firmly upon us and the countdown to COP26 in November 2021, pressure is growing on the construction industry to arrive at ways to reduce their carbon footprint. Ultimately this may lead to the urgent revision of building materials and methods of construction and we examine some recent… Read More >
Cladding Remediation – where are we?
September 2021Up and down the country buildings clad in ACM are in various stages of ‘repair’ as the process of stripping and replacing non-compliant ACM is undertaken. Some buildings have been fully remediated, others are being remediated and no doubt that process in respect of some premises has not even started. Cladding remediation data continues to… Read More >
High Court Judgment narrows the Claimant’s route to a successful data breach claim
September 2021Warren -v- DSG Retail Limited[1] The recent judgment handed down by the High Court in this case is important for the corporate victims of cyber-attacks and their insurers. The Court dismissed claims for compensation for distress for Misuse of Private Information, Breach of Confidence and Negligence causes of action arising out of a common type… Read More >
Ms X and Galway County Council: Protecting tender information from FOI release
September 2021Introduction On 13 July 2021, the Office of the Information Commissioner in Ireland released its decision in Ms X and Galway County Council[1]. It provides a reminder of the risk to tenderers posed by freedom of information legislation, insofar as this may require all or part of tender related information to be made public. In… 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 >