Business Practice Note No. 25: Reporting wrongdoing

This month's report concerns a poorly designed retaining wall, immediately adjacent to a steel-framed multistorey building, which deflected and imposed significant lateral geotechnical loads into the building's superstructure.

Rachel Lee, of law firm Birketts, explains what a recent Supreme Court judgment on retrospective liability for defects under the Building Safety Act means for consultants working in the construction industry.

This new standard for modern methods of construction (MMC) – written for a wide audience across the project life cycle – provides a consistent framework that will allow MMC projects to be delivered safely and effectively, explains Richard Partington.