Our construction team has compiled their top 10 cases from 2024.
2024 was a significant year for developments in construction law. Highlights included determining whether a collateral warranty was a construction contract for the purposes of the Construction Act and the Courts grappling with the discretionary remedies to fund fire safety remediation works created by the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA). The year also saw a re-emergence of claims under the Defective Premises Act 1972, which was new because the BSA extended the limitation period for liability to 30 years. Again, there were a surprising number of cases caused by or derived from smash-and-grab adjudications
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