Financial Impact

Financial Impact

Here you can see- or post- real-world examples of where lack of quality data has had a measurable financial impact. It may be a case that has gone to court or where an organistion is having to unnecessarily pay-out for the likes of replacement assets or rebuild.

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Organisations Involved Briefly Describe Impact Legal Action? Source Web Link Comments
Mace and Mitie

Mace is making the claim over work undertaken by Mitie during the fitting out of Primark’s flagship megastore

Yes Construction news https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/mace-launches-fire-damper-claim-over-primark-mega-store-job-15-09-2025/ Comments
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and a private contractor (unnamed)

Council Faces £6 Million Fire Safety Bill After Failures at New Developments.

Yes Fire Protection Association https://www.thefpa.co.uk/news/council-faces-6m-bill-after-fire-safety-failures-at-new-developments Comments
Lendlease and Balfour Beatty

Lendlease Seeks £4 Million Building Liability Order Against Balfour Beatty Over Bristol Fire Safety Defects

Yes Build News https://www.buildnews.co.uk/lendlease-seeks-4m-building-liability-order-against-balfour-beatty-over-bristol-fire-safety-defects/ Comments
Integritas Property Group and Building Safety Regulator (BSR)

Student Residence Development Deakin’s Yard Blocked from Opening Over Safety Concerns. The BSR obtained an interim High Court Injunction to prevent “unlawful occupation”

Yes Fire Protection Association https://www.thefpa.co.uk/news/student-residence-development-blocked-from-opening-over-safety-concerns Comments
Fairhold Athena (landlord)/Berkeley Group Holdings (developer) and First-tier Tribunal (FTT)

First-Tier Tribunal Breaks New Ground in Building Safety Decision in Empire Square case: Implications for Liability, Costs and Enforcement

Yes UK Construction Online https://www.ukconstructionmedia.co.uk/news/first-tier-tribunal-breaks-new-ground-in-building-safety-decision/ Comments
Elliott Investment Management/Jeff Fairburn and Lloyds Banking Group

Elliott-Backed Venture Sues Lloyds Over £107 Million Cladding Remediation Liability

Yes Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-25/elliott-backed-venture-sues-lloyds-over Comments
British property developer (undisclosed) and investigation consultancy (undisclosed)

UK Developer Sues Site Investigation Consultant for £3.2 Million Over Faulty Survey Advice

Yes Law 360 https://www.law360.co.uk/articles/2425094 Comments
URS Corporation Ltd and BDW Trading Ltd

Supreme Court Clarifies Developers’ Rights to Recover Remediation Costs: URS v BDW Trading Ltd (2025) – Landmark Construction Liability Ruling

Yes Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer https://www.hsfkramer.com/notes/construction/2025-posts/the-final-verdict-on-urs-v-bdw-supreme-court-supports-recovery-of-remediation-costs-in-residential-projects Comments
BDW Trading Limited v Ardmore Construction Limited

Historic Fire-Safety Defects Claim Enforces £14.5 Million Award Against Contractor Following Building Safety Act Limitation Changes

Yes Charles Russell Speechlys https://www.charlesrussellspeechlys.com/en/insights/expert-insights/construction-engineering-and-projects/2025/adjudicators-can-hear-legacy-building-safety-defect-claims-bdw-trading-limited-v-ardmore-construction-limited-2024-ewhc-3235/?utm Comments
BDW Trading Ltd and Ardmore Construction Ltd

TCC Refuses Building Safety Act Information Orders in £85 Million Liability Dispute Over Historic Defects

Yes Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/judge-narrows-disclosure-rules-in-safety-order-disputes-04-03-2025/ Comments
Triathlon Homes LLP v Stratford Village Development Partnership & Get Living Plc

First-tier Tribunal Orders Nearly £18 Million in Fire Safety Remediation

Yes BE News https://benews.co.uk/informed/triathlon-homes-v-get-living/ Comments
East Village Management Limited (EVML)

£432 Million Fire Safety Crisis Uncovered at East Village:. Olympic Legacy Homes Face Massive Remediation Bill.

No Financial Times https://www.ft.com/content/9bf351a2-d416-471f-8f35-2ce414abd4e6 Comments
Martlet Homes Ltd v Mulalley & Co Ltd

£8 Million Landmark Judgment on Cladding Liability. Contractor held liable for cladding defects in first major post-Grenfell case.

Yes Collyer Bristow https://collyerbristow.com/longer-reads/contractor-held-liable-for-cladding-defects-in-the-first-fire-safety-claim-concerning-external-wall-insulation-since-the-grenfell-tragedy/ Comments
AstraZeneca UK Ltd and International Fire Consultants (IFC)

AstraZeneca Launches £32 Million Fire Safety Defect Lawsuit Over Cambridge HQ Construction

Yes Varsity (University of Cambridge) https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/30909 Comments
Watkin Jones and Kingspan Insulation Ltd

Developer Launches £7.5 Million Claim Against Kingspan Over Post-Grenfell Retrofit Costs

Yes Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/developer-sues-kingspan-for-7-5m-over-post-grenfell-retrofit-costs-20-11-2024/ Comments
Barratt Redrow v URS Corporation Ltd (2025)

Housebuilder Can Pursue Consultant for Legacy Safety Remediation Costs- Supreme Court Clarifies Developer Recovery Rights

Yes Estates Gazette https://www.estatesgazette.co.uk/news/supreme-court-rules-in-landmark-post-grenfell-building-safety-act-case/ Comments
Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd v Prater Ltd & Others

Willmott Dixon Sues to Recover £47 Million Cladding Remediation Costs Over Fire-Safety Defects

Yes Building Plant News https://buildingplantnews.co.uk/willmott-dixon-sues-aecom-and-prater-over-high-rise-cladding/ Comments
Kensington and Chelsea v Various (see comments)

RBKC Pursues Seven Firms for £360 Million Over Grenfell Tower Fire Losses — High Court Trial Set for 2028

Yes Inside Housing https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/home/rbkc-issues-360m-legal-claim-against-seven-firms-involved-in-grenfell-refurbishment-91368 Comments
residents of The Exchange vs Notting hill Genesis and United Licing

Residents of The Exchange in Bermondsey Win £550,000 Compensation in Cladding Safety Case

Yes The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/07/london-residents-win-550000-compensation-in-cladding-defects-case?utm_source=chatgpt.com Comments
The Bereaved, Survivors and Residents of Grenfell Tower vs Various (see comments)

£150 Million Civil Settlement Agreed for Grenfell Tower Survivors and Bereaved — Major High Court Compensation Deal

Yes ITV News https://www.itv.com/news/london/2023-05-02/judge-approves-150-million-settlement-of-grenfell-compensation-claims Comments
UK Government vs Yianis Group

Government Seeks £20.5 M Contribution from Yianis Group for Canary Riverside Safety Remediation Under Building Safety Act

Yes Newstart Magazine https://newstartmag.co.uk/articles/canary-wharf-receives-first-cladding-bill-under-new-powers/ Comments
Willmott Dixon

Willmott Dixon Sets Aside £62 Million Building Safety Provision as Post-Grenfell Regulation Hits Contractor Profits

No Construction Enquirer https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2023/06/22/willmott-dixon-vows-to-recover-building-safety-millions/ Comments
Notting Hill Genesis (NHG)

Structural Safety Defects at Stratford Halo Force Multi-Block Evacuations and Highlight New Building Safety Compliance Challenges

No Newham Recorder https://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/25690196.stratford-halo-blocks-evacuated-cracking-discovered/ Comments
IQ Student Accommodation v Various (see comments)

£35 Million Woodland Court Fire-Safety Defects Claim Stalls Amid Building Safety Regulator Backlog

Yes Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/bsr-backlog-impacts-35m-fire-safety-legal-claim-25-02-2026/ Comments
Adriatic Land 5 Ltd v Long Leaseholders at Hippersley Point

Hippersley Point: Court of Appeal Confirms Retrospective Leaseholder Protections Under the Building Safety Act 2022

Yes Clyde & Co https://www.clydeco.com/en/insights/2025/07/the-bsa-has-retrospective-effect Comments
Grey GR Ltd Partnership v Edgewater (Stevenage) and Others

Upper Tribunal Upholds £13 Million Remediation Contribution Order at Vista Tower — Strengthening Building Safety Act Enforcement

Yes Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP https://www.bclplaw.com/en-US/events-insights-news/building-safety-act-remediation-contribution-orders-respondents-appeal-dismissed-in-vista-tower.html Comments
Crest Nicholson v Ardmore

High Court Upholds Landmark Building Liability Orders in Crest Nicholson v Ardmore — Expands Group Liability for Fire Safety Defects

Yes Keating Chambers https://www.keatingchambers.com/resources/cases/crest-v-ardmore Comments
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v Hadfield Healthcare Partnerships Ltd & Others

Hospital Fire-Safety Defects Trigger Multimillion-Pound Claim by NHS Trust (this case predates the Building Safety Act 2022)

Yes Fire Protection Association https://www.thefpa.co.uk/fire-and-risk-management-journal/news/hospital-fire-risk-leads-to-multimillion-pound-court-claim- Comments
London Borough of Tower Hamlets vs developer and/or building owner (undisclosed)

Tower Hamlets Leads with First Local Authority Remediation Contribution Order Application to Fund Fire-Safety Remediation of Blackwall Way residential buildings

Yes Walker Morris https://www.walkermorris.co.uk/news/walker-morris-supports-tower-hamlets-council-in-first-known-remediation-contribution-order-application-issued-by-local-authority/ Comments
Lendlease v AECOM

Contractor’s £3 Million Fire-Safety Claim Against Consultant Fails on Limitation Grounds in Lendlease v Aecom

Yes Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/lendlease/lendlease-loses-3m-fire-safety-case-against-aecom-21-11-2023 Comments