Housing secretary Michael Gove’s attempt to make developers pay for the cladding crisis looks set to end up in court.
Sue Ryan, construction partner at law firm Gowling WLG, said she expected a series of lawsuits as developers would be “reluctant” to cover the costs voluntarily.
“A lot are not doing so [on buildings] over 18m and their insurers are fighting everything tooth and nail. So potentially this ends up in the courts,” she said.
Gove acknowledged that some developers might not “come sweetly to the table” but said that if necessary the government would use the threat of taxation to make the industry comply.
