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
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom