clyde & co – Grenfell Tower Inquiry Report – will government responsibility impact on building safety liability?

Today’s publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Report phase 2 concludes seven years of investigation and consideration, concluding that many parties’ failings contributed to the disaster. Crucially, the report concludes that the Grenfell tragedy was a “…culmination of decades of failure by central government…” but there has been no recognition of that in the actions government has taken post-Grenfell, which have focused on creating routes for claims against those who designed or built.