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Contractor wins landmark Building Safety Act cladding claim against overseas parent of stricken UK product firm

By 2026-06-30T11:34:00

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High Court judge orders German company to pay contractor £1.8m for costs racked up replacing cladding system at Essex tower block

Mulalley has been handed a £1.8m settlement in a landmark ruling by a High Court judge who decided that the German parent of a UK cladding firm which went into administration last year should have to shoulder some of the contractor’s costs caused by it having to replace a defective cladding system its subsidiary supplied.

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