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Articles Series

The Building Safety Act 2022

The Building Safety Act 2022 has reconstructed the law on fire safety and structural issues for higher blocks of residential flats. A group of Falcon Chambers barristers have studied the Act, analysed how it has been interpreted in courts and tribunals thus far, and have first-hand experience of BSA cases. In this series of articles Guy Fetherstonhaugh KC, Adam Rosenthal KCCatherine Taskis KCPaul LetmanJoe OllechCamilla ChorfiCecily CrampinToby BonceyTricia HemansJulia PetrenkoEdward BlakeneyDaniel BlackKavish ShahAshpen RajahRichard Miller and Gwyneth Everson set out key issues of which property law practitioners should be aware under the BSA 2022.


The need for speed in BSA funding decisions 22 July 2024

Toby Boncey’s case note on Redrow v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities [2024] EWCA Civ 651 considers the Court of Appeal’s approach (in the context of a judicial review of a decision made prior to the deed of bilateral contract) to the question of the steps applicants need to have taken before BSA funding could be approved.

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Remediation orders under s.123 of the BSA 2022: what might fetter an unfettered discretion? 10 July 2024

Catherine Taskis KC discusses remediation orders under s.123 of the Building Safety Act 2022 in light of the recent First-tier Tribunal decision in Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Homes and Communities v Grey GR Limited Partnership CHI/00HN/HYI/2023/0008: The Chocolate Box, Bournemouth.

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