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Cladding crisis: why government needs to intervene to fix the building industry

By John Thwaites

Retrofitting Sprinklers in Mixed Tenure Blocks

By Susan Bright

The Fire Safety Checklist

By Ed Kirton-Darling | Helen Carr

Flammable cladding costs could approach billions for building owners if authorities dither

By Simon Lockrey | Trivess Moore

Human Rights and State Accountability for Fire Safety in Blocks of Flats

By Susan Bright | Douglas Maxwell

St Francis Tower: ‘Staggering failures’ – Part 2: The Building Construction and the status of High Pressure Laminate Cladding (HPL)

By Jonathan Evans

St Francis Tower: ‘Staggering failures’ – Part 1: Dispensation from consultation for making a building safe

By Susan Bright

Limitation Periods: How much time is there to bring a claim?

By Susan Bright | Charlotte Bull

The Government’s Rescue Plan and the Unanswered Questions

By Susan Bright

UK government announces £200m fund to speed up cladding replacement – some answers, still lots of questions

By David Sawtell

Is Everyone Safe Tonight?

By Susan Bright | Douglas Maxwell

Victims suffer as combustible cladding crisis rages on

By Simon Lockrey

Lacrosse fire ruling sends shudders through building industry consultants and governments

By Geoff Hanmer

Do freeholders provide a unique and valuable service?

By Susan Bright

The Lacrosse Apartment Fire: Liability for Using Grenfell Style Cladding

By David Sawtell | Douglas Maxwell

Part 3: To enforce or not? Local authorities and cladding removal

By Susan Bright

A battle over words: is there ‘filler’ in ACM cladding?

By Andrew Chapman

Melbourne’s Neo200 apartment building fire: is the role of residents still being undervalued?

By Matthew Bell

A Human Right to Housing?

By Douglas Maxwell

Part 2: Building owners, local authorities and remediation: Some tentative thoughts

By Susan Bright

Part 1: Building owners and the cladding problem: Some basic land law

By Susan Bright