Wedlake Bell Insights

    • Insights
    • Jan 20, 2026

    Termination clauses: start as you mean to finish

    What happened? The Seller, Henley Developments, obtained outline planning permission for a residential development site in Ebbsfleet, Kent and exchanged contracts to sell one of the development parcels to Weston Homes for £14,500,000. Weston Homes paid a 5% deposit on

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    • Building Safety Act
    • Jan 12, 2026

    Building Safety Act enforcement – six cases that have redefined liability and risk

    Corporate structures offer no safe harbour. Recent rulings confirm that associated companies, parent entities and even later acquirers can be held jointly and severally liable for remediation costs – sometimes decades after construction. Judges scrutinise ownership links, financial interdependence and

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