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Embodied carbon policy failure risks legal challenge, says IStructE

Construction Law

Failure to properly address embodied carbon emissions in the government’s Future Homes Standard and Future Buildings Standard consultation could leave resulting legislation open to legal challenge, the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) has warned. See the panel to the right.

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Embodied carbon policy failure risks legal challenge, says IStructE

Construction Law

Failure to properly address embodied carbon emissions in the government’s Future Homes Standard and Future Buildings Standard consultation could leave resulting legislation open to legal challenge, the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) has warned. See the panel to the right.

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Government climate plan ruled unlawful for a second time

Construction Law

The UK government’s climate plan to achieve net-zero carbon by 2050 was unlawful, Justice Clive Sheldon has ruled in the High Court, in a second legal rejection of its climate policies. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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Judicial review sought for key levelling-up road project

Construction Law

Campaigners Transport Action Network (TAN) have launched a legal challenge to the granting of a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the ÂŁ1.5 To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. billion A66 Northern Trans-Pennine road scheme.

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Legal delays lead to ÂŁ24 million road cost rise

Construction Law

Legal challenges to the ÂŁ950 million A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet road scheme have let to Skanska being paid an additional ÂŁ24M by National Highways. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. See the panel to the right.

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Judicial review gives go ahead to bypass project

Construction Law

The long contested A57 Mottram Bypass has been given legal clearance to go ahead after a Judicial Review, held up by another challenge, ruled that the case against the scheme is now closed. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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First use of Building Safety Act cladding remediation powers

Construction Law

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has launched legal action to force the landlord of a Canary Wharf apartment complex to pay ÂŁ20.5 To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. See the panel to the right.

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