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Building Safety Act 2022: the key building safety cases
May 2025This article summarises the most significant cases within the context of the Building Safety Act 2022 (“BSA”) with emphasis on emerging trends concerning building safety. The Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s Phase 2 Report was published in September of last year and the Government issued its response to the Inquiry Report on 26 February 2025.Fire and building… Read More >
RIBA publishes 2024 Building Regulations Principal Designer Professional Services Contract: a new resource under the Building Safety Act
August 2024RIBA has recently published the Building Regulations Principal Designer (“BRPD”) Professional Services Contract (“PSC”) 2024, which sets out the services to be provided in accordance with the new Building Safety Act (“BSA”) regime. It is now available to purchase in paper form. With limited government and industry guidance on the new regime, RIBA has led… Read More >
Building Safety Act 2022 (“BSA”) Documents and Guidance
August 2024The BSA and key secondary legislation including the Building Regulations etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023 and the Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (England) Regulations 2023 have been fully in force for some time now. However, there remains little guidance from the government as to how they would like the new legislation to be applied. Similarly, industry… Read More >
DLUHC secures landmark Remediation Order under Building Safety Act 2022
May 2024The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has won a landmark legal challenge against the freeholder, Grey GR, by obtaining its first Remediation Order under the Building Safety Act 2022. A Remediation Order (“RO”) requires a freeholder to remedy specific relevant defects in a specified time on a building. For more information on ROs,… Read More >
The Building Safety Act 2022
April 2024The Building Safety Act 2022 has undoubtedly been the biggest shake up of building safety regulation since the Building Act 1984. With the conclusion of the transitional arrangements due on 6 April 2024, we invite you to join our esteemed construction health and safety lawyers Joanna Lewis, Michael Salau and Andrew Croft for a webinar… Read More >
Principal Designer (Building Safety Act 2022) – Six Months On
April 2024It is now six months since the role of the Principal Designer came into force under the Building Safety Act 2022 and associated secondary legislation[1]. As this role begins to become adopted and market standard in the industry, what have we learnt so far? Industry Approach Initial appetite to take on this Principal Designer role… Read More >
The Impact of the Building Safety Act on the Role of Approved Inspectors
March 2024In this webinar, Michael Salau, Andrew Croft and Ellie Eastwood discuss the impact of the Building Safety Act on the role of Approved Inspectors. The webinar focuses on the changes which affect the role of Approved Inspectors, the future for Approved Inspectors (and the newly introduced Building Control Approvers) and the impact on contractual documentation,… Read More >
Note on Building Safety Act Secondary Legislation
October 2023Introduction This note will mainly focus on what certificates and declarations will need to be provided and when, for the carrying out of works to an existing higher-risk building, as per the Building Safety Act and the related secondary legislation recently published. Much of this information can be found in The Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures)… Read More >
Building Safety Act: Key Considerations for Contractors
September 2023Much commentary to date in relation to the Building Safety Act 2022 has considered how it applies to clients but it will also have a significant impact on contractors. The Building Safety Act introduced large scale change in relation to the building safety regime generally and to the design, construction, and occupation of high-risk residential… Read More >
Secondary Legislation Published – Part 3 of the Building Safety Act 2022
September 2023The government has published a suite of secondary legislation which will come into force on 1st October 2023 and implement Part 3 of the Building Safety Act which addresses the new building control regime. We set out below the key elements of the secondary legislation, and consider the corresponding government guidance issued in respect of… Read More >