Health and Safety Executive inspectors from its investigations and building safety division attended yesterday (29 August) the site of a residential block of flats in Dagenham where a fire broke on Monday.

Lawyers at Womble Bond Dickinson’s construction and Engineering team explain the new regulations around higher-risk buildings change control.

Knowing if a building is ‘higher-risk’ or not can be confusing. Here, construction lawyers Simon Lewis and Michelle Essen give a detailed explanation of what higher-risk buildings are and what new building safety legislation will affect them.