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Wedlake Bell advises the shareholders of Katalyst Diagnostics on the sale of Katalyst to Cruinn Diagnostics

Katalyst Diagnostics is a UK-based point-of-care diagnostics business specialising in premium and innovative diagnostic solutions for healthcare organizations and clinical professionals, providing access to advanced point-of-care technologies in areas including haematology, clinical chemistry and antipsychotic drug monitoring. Katalyst Diagnostics supports

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Wedlake Bell strengthens Immigration offering with appointment of Tim Hayes

Tim, who joins the firm from Broadfield, where he led the firm’s Immigration Team, brings significant immigration expertise, having previously served as a Presenting Officer with the Home Office, where he represented the UK government in immigration, asylum, deportation and

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Emma Sear comments in Law360 on potential valuation disputes under proposed mansion tax surcharge

Emma noted that prime residential properties can be particularly challenging to value due to lower transaction volumes and their highly individual nature. She highlighted that properties close to the £2 million threshold are likely to face increased scrutiny, with even

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Building Safety Act

Building Liability Orders – the net widens

The first reported decision on BLOs appeared in 2025. In the last two months alone, two further significant decisions have underlined just how powerful – and far-reaching – these orders are. Crest Nicholson v Ardmore was the first fully contested

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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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Judicial guidance on defect claims and leaseholder protections under the Building Safety Act 2022

In Almacantar Centre Point Nominee No.1 Ltd & Ors v Penelope de Valk & Ors, on appeal to the Upper Tribunal (UT) from the First Tier Tribunal (FTT), the UT has held that: Proving the existence of a “relevant defect”

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Staged HRB building control approvals – updated guidance

A staged G2 application can now be made for new Higher Risk Building (HRB) developments — those over seven storeys or 18 metres — where works will be delivered in stages/phases. Each stage is assessed and approved separately by the

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Building Liability Orders and Corporate Risk

In this video Partners Ed Phillips, Natalie Pilagos (Head of Construction Disputes) and Adam Lynch (Head of Corporate) explain how Building Liability Orders (BLOs) under the Building Safety Act are reshaping contractual and corporate risk.

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