Fire Safety Law: A Practical Guide for Leaseholders, Building-Owners and Conveyancers

The Fire Safety Law provides practical information for building-owners, managers, leaseholders, mortgage-lenders, landlords, and anyone involved in the purchase or sale of a flat in a multi-occupied block. It covers fire safety responsibilities, obligations, and rights and includes a summary of the Grenfell Inquiry. It also provides a practical overview of current fire-safety legislation and identifies who is directly responsible for fire safety in a long-residential lease.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 122 pages
Publication date: 21 September 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Fire Safety Law is a crucial legal framework that provides comprehensive and well-researched information to building owners, managers, individual leaseholders, mortgage lenders, landlords, and anyone involved in the purchase or sale of a flat situated within a multi-occupied block. This law aims to ensure fire safety and outlines the associated responsibilities, obligations, and rights of all stakeholders. In his book, V. Charles Ward delves into the practical legal aspects of fire safety, specifically focusing on the responsibilities of building owners to ensure the safety of occupants. He explains the protections available to leaseholders who face the costs of making their buildings fire-safe. The book begins with a summary of the lessons learned from the Grenfell Inquiry, providing a practical overview of current fire-safety legislation related to residential and commercial buildings. This legislative overview encompasses not only the 2005 Fire Safety Order, as updated by the 2021 Fire Safety Act and the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, but also associated and emerging legislation and official guidance on fire safety, including gas and electrical safety regulation, as well as the Building Safety Act 2022.

The book then takes a deep dive into the legal situation of existing high-rise leaseholders, assessing their rights and obligations in the face of fire-risk concerns related to defective cladding. It explores how the costs of making good these fire-risk issues can be shared between the ground-landlord and individual residential leaseholders. Furthermore, the book addresses the additional due diligence required by prospective purchasers of individual high-rise flats and estate agents, mortgage lenders, and other stakeholders in the real estate industry. By providing a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the Fire Safety Law, this book aims to empower building owners, managers, leaseholders, and other stakeholders with the knowledge and tools they need to ensure fire safety in their buildings and protect the interests of all parties involved.

Weight: 216g
Dimension: 155 x 233 x 11 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032271415