19 January 2022 News Mills & Reeve gives legal advice on Salford’s zero carbon house The unique Z House was built using specialist research and expertise from the University of Salford’s Energy House Laboratories team. Bookmark this page 2 min read
14 December 2021 News Mills & Reeve reinforces position as leading provider to UK Government Mills & Reeve has been re-appointed supplier on Crown Commercial Service's (CCS) Legal Services Panel enabling the firm to continue to work with a wide range of central Government departments on an array of high-profile projects. Bookmark this page 3 min read
12 November 2021 Insight The future of limitation The Building Safety Bill proposes to retrospectively extend the limitation period for claims under the Defective Premises Act 1972. This would give every homeowner 15 years instead of six in which to take action against the people who built their building. We provide a refresher on limitation rules and the practical consequences of a change of this kind. Bookmark this page 4 min read
2 September 2021 Insight Limitations to the Building Safety Bill On 4 July 2021, the Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick announced that neither the taxpayer nor a leaseholder should have to fund works to remediate “shoddy workmanship”. In the context of dangerous cladding, he announced an "unusual change in the law" to retrospectively change the law to "give every homeowner 15 years in which to take action against the people who built their building". Bookmark this page 3 min read