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Law Society calls on government to protect leaseholders from cladding costs

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Published on: 04 February 2021
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LNB News 04/02/2021

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Issue Date: 04 February 2021

Published Date: 04 February 2021

Jurisdiction(s): England and Wales

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The Law Society of England and Wales has called on the government to protect leaseholders from the costs of removing dangerous cladding from their homes. According to the Law Society, ‘homeowners have almost no recourse available to them as, because of an ancient quirk of English law, buyers of defective homes cannot recover the cost of rectifying them from councils or building inspectors who gave approval for them to be occupied’.

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