Combustible insulation on a high-rise residential building caught fire recently during cladding remediation work, it has emerged.

Olivia Jenkins explains how the court reached its judgement in the Martlet v Mulalley fire safety dispute – and how that might influence future cases.

Cladding companies could be sued and subject to fines for defective products under new powers proposed by the government that could also see developers and manufacturers who don’t pay for cladding remediation barred from the housing market.

Student accommodation developer Unite is to remove high-pressure laminate (HPL) cladding on 22 high-rise buildings and replace it where it fails to meet regulations, at an expected cost of £96.4m.

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The government urged the developer that built a London tower block partially clad in ACM cladding where a fire broke on Friday (8 May) to take action to remediate it “repeatedly” it has claimed.

The London Borough of Camden has started the search for a contractor to reclad four towers in the Chalcots Estate, after Wates departed the project last year.

The CIOB has called on the government to protect tenants and leaseholders from paying for remediation of unsafe cladding.

The government has revealed details of its new £1bn building safety fund to remove dangerous cladding from high-rise buildings. The fund will meet the cost for removing unsafe non-ACM cladding…