The Report into the Grenfell Tower Inquiry called for a review of the definition of Higher Risk Buildings. In this article, Andrew Butler KC explores the problems which such a review might open up. Amongst the welter of difficult concepts introduced by the Building Safety Act 2022 (“the BSA”), that of the Higher-Risk Building (“HRB”) is refreshingly simple. Enshrined in s.65(1), the definition contains only two elements: to be an HRB, a building must (a) be at least 18m in…
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