Case law starts to clarify new building safety liability regime [electronic resource]

Ryan, Sue

Case law starts to clarify new building safety liability regime [electronic resource] - London RICS 2 April 2025 - Construction Journal .

While building liability orders (BLOs) were introduced in 2022 as a way to enforce against safety defects, courts have given little guidance until three recent cases – including the first award of a BLO. Mentions Willmott Dixon v Prater and others [2024] EWHC 1190 (TCC); 381 Southwark Park Road RTM Company Ltd & Ors v Click St Andrews Ltd & Anor [2024] EWHC 3179 (TCC) issued in December 2024, in February 2025 in BDW Trading Ltd v Ardmore Construction Ltd & Ors [2025] EWHC 434 (TCC). The decision in BDW primarily addresses information orders under section 132 of the 2022 Act.


BUILDING LIABILITY ORDERS
BUILDING SAFETY ACT 2022
BUILDING CONTROL
LITIGATION


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