In this month's The Construction Briefing podcast, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood of Practical Law Construction discuss a number of 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 Contractor role and the requirements for managing safety in residential buildings. They also consider Martlet Homes Ltd v Mulalley & Co Ltd [2022] EWHC 1813 (TCC), the first judgment following a full trial of issues relating to building safety following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 and Orchard Plaza Management Company Ltd v Balfour Beatty Regional Construction Ltd [2022] EWHC 1490 (TCC), which concerned remoteness of loss under a collateral warranty, and two adjudication enforcement judgments, FTH Ltd v Varis Developments Ltd [2022] EWHC 1385 (TCC) and The Metropolitan Borough Council of Sefton v Allenbuild Ltd [2022] EWHC 1443 (TCC).

In this month's The Construction Briefing podcast, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood of Practical Law Construction are joined by Barry Hembling, a partner in the real estate group of Watson Farley and Williams, to discuss the Court of Appeal's judgment in Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd v Simply Construct (UK) LLP [2022] EWCA Civ 823. The court held that the collateral warranty in question was a construction contract, as defined by section 104(1) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (Construction Act 1996), which gave the parties a right to adjudicate their dispute. As part of the discussion, we touch upon the judgments in Orchard Plaza Management Company Ltd v Balfour Beatty Regional Construction Ltd [2022] EWHC 1490 (TCC) and Hurley Palmer Flatt Ltd v Barclays Bank plc [2014] EWHC 3042 (TCC).

In this month's The Construction Briefing podcast, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood of Practical Law Construction discuss a number of developments referred to in May's monthly bulletin.

We discuss further building safety developments (starts at 1.08), and also look at the draft Construction Contracts (England) Exclusion Order 2022, which will exclude certain sewerage or water undertaker contracts from the adjudication and payment provisions in the Construction Act 1996) (starts at 8.47), the judgment in Nicholas James Care Homes Ltd v Liberty Homes (Kent) Ltd [2022] EWHC 1203 (TCC), where the judge continued an interim freezing injunction pending the outcome of an adjudication enforcement hearing and (starts at 16.16) and the judgment in Rugby Football Union v Clark Smith Partnership Ltd and FM Conway Ltd [2022] EWHC 956 (TCC), where the court interpreted a construction all risks insurance policy (starts at 31.44).

In the tenth The Construction Briefing podcast, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood of Practical Law Construction discuss a number of developments referred to in April's monthly bulletin.

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 [2022] EWHC 936 (TCC) (starts at 24:40) and Van Oord UK Ltd v Dragados UK Ltd [2022] CSOH 30 (starts at 37.25).

In the tenth The Construction Briefing podcast, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood of Practical Law Construction discuss a number of developments referred to in April's monthly bulletin.

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 [2022] EWHC 936 (TCC) (starts at 24:40) and Van Oord UK Ltd v Dragados UK Ltd [2022] CSOH 30 (starts at 37.25).

In the ninth The Construction Briefing podcast, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood of Practical Law Construction discuss a number of developments referred to in March's monthly bulletin.

The Building Safety Bill 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 will pay for remediation works.

We also look at two Court of Appeal judgments addressing the embargo that applies to reserved court judgments: The Public Institution for Social Security v Banque Pictet & Cie SA and others [2022] EWCA Civ 368 and R (Counsel General for Wales) v Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy [2022] EWCA Civ 181.

In the eighth The Construction Briefing podcast, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood of Practical Law Construction discuss a number of developments referred to in February's monthly bulletin.

These include the latest building safety developments, with the Building Safety Bill moving on to its committee stage (after passing its second reading in the House of Lords), a House of Lords Library's research briefing on the Building Safety Bill and the government's wide-ranging amendments to limit leaseholder liability, allow the government to block developers and construction product manufacturers from operating in the market, imposing financial liability on construction product manufacturers and widening the scope of the building safety levy.

We also look at the judgments in Power and another v Shah [2022] EWHC 209 (QB), which considers party wall issues, and Prime London Holdings 11 Ltd v Thurloe Lodge Ltd [2022] EWHC 303 (Ch), where the High Court made an access order under the Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 (ANLA 1992).