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Budget 2020: £1 billion Building Safety Fund announced
March 2020In the 2020 Budget, the chancellor announced the creation of a £1 billion Building Safety Fund to address the issue of unsafe external cladding on high-rise buildings. In this article, Ian Masser and Charlotte Gooch provide more information on the fund, what the fund covers and who can apply. To read the full article, please… Read More >
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 >
Episode #4 – Insurance – Building Safety Act 2022 update
July 2022Beale & Co partners, Michael Salau and Giles Tagg, discuss some of the key provisions in the much anticipated Building Safety Act 2022 which came into force on 28 June 2022. Topics covered in this podcast include amendments to the Defective Premises Act 1972 (DPA), the Building Act 1984, Building Liability Orders and new rights… 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 >
The Building Safety Act 2022: The New Regime
April 2022Today the Building Safety Bill has achieved Royal Assent following some further amendments agreed by the House of Lords on Tuesday 26 April. This marks the biggest change to the construction industry in recent years putting in place measures arising out of Dame Judith Hackitt’s recommendations following the tragedy at Grenfell Tower. Michael Salau and… 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 >
Episode #3 – Health and Safety – A review of 2021
December 2021Beale & Co partners Michael Salau and Jo Lewis provide a brief review of the past year including the key statistics, talking points and cases. This podcast will be of interest to those in the construction industry or in the Health and Safety field. For further information on our Health and Safety expertise, please click… 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 >