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Vista Tower RCO: FTT guidance on defect and risk definitions, ‘just and equitable’ allocation across associates, and recovery of cautious remedial costs under the Building Safety Act 2022

Published on: 19 February 2025

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Grey GR Ltd Partnership v Edgewater (Stevenage) and others CAM/26UH/HYI/2023/0003

Background

Vista Tower in Stevenage became the focus of the government’s inaugural successful application for a remedial order against a building owner under BSA 2022, s 123. During those proceedings, the owner (‘Grey’) sought a remediation contribution order (RCO) targeting the original developer and a further 95 respondents treated as ‘associated persons’ owing to common directorships within the relevant 2017–2022 period. Grey requested that the respondents cover both historic and prospective expenditure to rectify fire safety defects, assessed at over £20 million.

The decision

The dispute presented five key questions:

  • the proper interpretation of ‘defect’ under BSA 2022, s 120(2)
  • the requisite threshold for a ‘building safety risk’ under BSA 2022, s 120(5)
  • whether an order should issue to a well-resourced applicant who knew of the fire safety issues on acquisition
  • whether an order ought to encompass remedial items the experts considered disproportionate
  • where respondents other than the developer are pursued, the basis on which the tribunal should differentiate among them?...

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