About this episode

The episode discusses recent developments in building safety and construction law, including new regulations and notable court judgments.

In their latest podcast, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood of Practical Law Construction discuss recent developments in building safety, including new building regulations coming into effect on 7 October 2025 (starts at 00.41) and Welsh developer remediation contracts (starts at 02.20). They also analyse the judgments in Clegg Food Projects Ltd v Prestige Car Direct Properties Ltd [2025] EWHC 2173 (TCC) (starts at 07.54) and RNJM Ltd v Purpose Social Homes Ltd [2025] EWHC 2224 (TCC) (starts at 19.10), before briefly mentioning NISTA (starts at 29.38) and the upcoming launch of an AI arbitrator for documents-only construction cases in the USA (starts at 33.13).

People in this episode

Hosts: Michelle Rousell, Yassir Mahmood

Topics covered

• building safety
• construction law
• adjudication
• AI in construction
• regulations
• remediation contracts

Keywords

• building safety
• construction law
• AI arbitrators
• adjudication
• regulations
• remediation contracts
• court judgments

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Practical Law Construction, NISTA

Products: AI arbitrator

Books & works: Clegg Food Projects Ltd v Prestige Car Direct Properties Ltd [2025] EWHC 2173 (TCC), RNJM Ltd v Purpose Social Homes Ltd [2025] EWHC 2224 (TCC)

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