Aug 09, 2024 Lessons to learn - Regulator of Social Housing's Annual Consumer Regulation Review By Helen Tucker On 17 July 2024, the Regulator of Social Housing issued its Annual Consumer Regulation Review for 2023-2024. This relates to the last...
Jun 21, 2024 Seven years after the Grenfell tragedy - reaching their limit… How far do the leaseholder protections stretch? By Joanne Wright Paul Slinger The latest on remediation orders and remediation contribution orders The first contested remediation contribution order case (under...
Aug 18, 2023 Higher-risk building registration - Don't forget the deadline! By Elizabeth Massey The regulatory team at Anthony Collins has been paying close attention to developments in building safety law, most notably under the...
Apr 06, 2023 Building and fire safety reform – 6 April, more than just the start of the bank holiday weekend? By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Elizabeth Massey Our blog last month advised that the window for registering higher-risk buildings (“HRBs”) was due to open in April 2023, with the...
Apr 05, 2023 Use of emollient creams in care settings – have you considered the fire risks? By Molly Quinney When fabric with dried-on emollient cream makes contact with a naked flame, testing has shown that the fabric burns much more quickly and...
Mar 16, 2023 (Some) developers step up and bind themselves to the Government’s ‘fire safety contract’ By Paul Slinger 13 March 2023 marked the deadline for when the Government expected housebuilders and mixed-use developers to sign up to commitments...
Mar 15, 2023 A warning from the Building Safety Regulator to be ready By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Elizabeth Massey The regulator’s Making Buildings Safer campaign aims to highlight the new legal duties that those who own, manage and/or otherwise...
Jan 23, 2023 New year, new regulations; the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 are in force By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Today (23 January 2023) the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 (the Regulations) come into force. The Regulations, enacting many of...
Oct 05, 2022 Smoke and carbon monoxide alarm obligations in force from 1 October 2022 By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Yesterday I was presenting at a conference regarding the Building Safety Act 2022, and in listening to the speakers it struck me just how...
Aug 17, 2022 Changes to building safety guidance By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Tim Coolican Whilst the Building Safety Act 2022 has become law, the exact details of the regime that will be implemented under it are still very much...
Aug 17, 2022 Consulting on building safety By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Catherine Henry The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has commenced two consultations regarding key aspects of the regimes set out...
Aug 04, 2022 Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in social housing: New guidance By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Catherine Henry Further to our previous blogs on the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (Amendment) Regulations 2022, the Government has now issued guidance...