Practical Law

Episode 13 of The Construction Briefing podcast is now available. This month the Practical Law Construction team discusses several developments related to building safety including provisions of the Building Safety Act 2022 that are already in force, new consultations and secondary legislation, and the new PAS competence standards for the Principal Designer role, the Principal … Continue reading Episode 13 of The Construction Briefing podcast →

Episode 12 of The Construction Briefing podcast is now available. This month the Practical Law Construction team discuss the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd v Simply Construct (UK) LLP [2022] EWCA Civ 823, and are joined by Barry Hembling, partner at Watson Farley and Williams, who has represented Abbey Healthcare … Continue reading Episode 12 of The Construction Briefing podcast →

Episode 11 of The Construction Briefing podcast is now available. This month, the Practical Law Construction team discuss further building safety developments, the draft Construction Contracts (England) Exclusion Order 2022, and the judgments in Nicholas James Care Homes Ltd v Liberty Homes (Kent) Ltd [2022] EWHC 1203 (TCC) and Rugby Football Union v Clark Smith … Continue reading Episode 11 of The Construction Briefing podcast →

Episode 10 of The Construction Briefing podcast is now available. The Building Safety Bill received Royal Assent and is now known as the Building Safety Act 2022. We discuss when we expect its provisions to come into force (starts at 1:12). We also look at two adjudication enforcement judgments: Bexheat Ltd v Essex Services Group Ltd … Continue reading Episode 10 of The Construction Briefing podcast →

Episode 9 of The Construction Briefing podcast is now available. This month we look at the Building Safety Bill, which has now concluded its passage through the House of Lords. The latest building safety developments include removal of the role of Building Safety Manager, a further update to Form EWS1 and agreements reached on who … Continue reading Episode 9 of The Construction Briefing podcast →

Episode 8 of The Construction Briefing podcast is now available. This month, we highlight the latest building safety developments, looking at wide-ranging amendments to the Building Safety Bill, which is currently proceeding through the House of Lords (starts at 0.54 minutes). We also discuss Power and another v Shah [2022] EWHC 209 (QB), where the … Continue reading Episode 8 of The Construction Briefing podcast →

Episode 7 of the Construction Briefing podcast is now available. This month we are joined by Matt Molloy of MCMS Ltd to discuss a number of developments referred to in January’s monthly bulletin. These include the latest building safety developments, with more government guidance on EWS1 forms, developers being told to pay to replace unsafe … Continue reading The Construction Briefing podcast, ep.7: building safety and adjudication →