About this episode

The episode discusses the collapse of building control firms, the transition of the Building Safety Regulator to independence, and examines payment notice pitfalls along with new adjudication and digital contract services.

This episode, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood from Practical Law Construction discuss the collapse of several building control firms (starts at 00.48) and the Building Safety Regulator's upcoming transition to independence (starts at 06.11), before moving on to examine the pitfalls of payment notices in the judgment Vision Construct Ltd v Gypcraft Drylining Contractors Ltd [2025] EWHC 2707 (TCC) (starts at 15.07). Finally, they wrap up the podcast with the launches of ICE's specialist adjudication scheme for "smash and grab" payment disputes (starts at 23.54) and NEC's new digital contracts service (starts at 29.37).

People in this episode

Hosts: Michelle Rousell, Yassir Mahmood

Topics covered

• building control collapse
• Building Safety Regulator independence
• payment notices
• adjudication scheme
• digital contracts

Keywords

• building control
• Building Safety Regulator
• payment notices
• adjudication
• digital contracts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Building Safety Regulator, ICE, NEC

Books & works: Vision Construct Ltd v Gypcraft Drylining Contractors Ltd [2025] EWHC 2707 (TCC)

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