Our Real Estate Litigation team successfully obtains remediation order for Vista Tower

The Vista Tower case marks as a significant development in understanding the approach that Tribunals will take to the question of when a remediation order will be made. The remediation order, granted by the First-tier Tribunal, requires the relevant landlord to remedy defects in the building within a specified timeframe. Despite the landlord having entered into a works contract by the date of the final hearing, the Tribunal still granted a remediation order. The Tribunal’s view is that the focus of the BSA is on leaseholder protection and it was important to provide leaseholders with the reassurance as to a backstop as to when the remedial work would be completed by.

Martin McKeague, Lewis Couth, and Asia Munir, supported DLUHC through the case. This is a testament to our team’s expertise in dealing with the Building Safety Act 2022. Their long-standing experience in providing strategic risk management, transactional, and dispute resolution advice has been instrumental in achieving this outcome.

Martin commented: “It was a pleasure to support DLUHC through the Vista Tower, Stevenage case. The decision contributes significantly to the growing body of building safety law and practice.”

For any enquiries, please contact our Press team.