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The judgment can be found here

This was, effectively, a leapfrog appeal to the Court of Appeal (Newey, Nugee and Holgate LLJ) against the decision of the First Tier Tribunal (“FTT”) (made up of the President of the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber), Edwin Johnson J, and its Deputy President, Martin Rodger KC) who had to consider applications for a remediation contribution order (“RCO”) under section 124 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (“the BSA”).  It was the first major case in that context, heard in conjunction with an appeal in Adriatic Land 5 Ltd v The Long Leaseholders at Hippersley Point. The Court of Appeal described the FTT’s decision as “thorough and careful” and the submissions from all counsel as “well-argued”.There were two grounds of appeal, both of which were dismissed. Ground 1 was that the FTT erred in concluding that it was just and equitable to make RCOs against SVDP and Get Living in ten respects. Ground 2 was that the FTT were wrong to conclude that an RCO could be made in respect of costs incurred before section 124 came into force on 28 June 2022.By way of reminder, the facts were these. The applications concerned the cost of rectifying fire safety defects in five tower blocks in the former…

The Claimants sought damages arising out of fire safety defects at a care home.  Judgment for the Claimants for £6.4m inclusive of damages, interest, Part 36 consequences, and payment on account of costs. Counterclaim dismissed.A link to the judgment is here.Tom Owen KC appeared for the Claimants.