First legal action launched over failure to fix cladding

The Department for Levelling up has taken the first step in legal action against a building owner over failure to fix unsafe cladding.
Freeholder Grey GR – which is ultimately owned by the Railways Pension Scheme – has been given 21 days to commit to remediating fire safety defects at its 15-storey Vista Tower block in Stevenage or an application will be made to the courts.
The action follows two years of delays for more than 100 residents living in the tower.The freeholder is one of