Residential Construction Law

The UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand

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Residential Construction Law

The UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand

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Description

'This new edition tells you all you need to know about how construction defects in homes occur, how they might be prevented, and how they might be cured.'
Her Honour Frances Kirkham CBE, Atkin Chambers

The first edition of Residential Construction Law in 2021 offered the only systematic and analytical overview of the legal framework for residential construction. Since then, there have been significant legislative and caselaw developments across the UK, Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia and Ireland. In this second edition, the authors and their team of specialist contributors have completely revised the content, taking these changes into account.

This new edition refers to more than 350 new cases, along with ground-breaking reforms like the UK's Building Safety Act 2022 and lessons from the September 2024 Phase 2 report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. The book also anticipates planned reforms, including sweeping changes in several Australian states.
The revised edition retains the book's highly accessible structure and readability, making it an indispensable guide for lawyers, industry professionals and homeowners seeking to come to grips with the principles of residential construction law. It also provides an essential starting point for students and practitioners needing to understand the detail of this specialist area. It provides clear statements of the relevant law, explaining – aided by case studies, diagrams, text tables and a glossary – the law's intended policy outcomes and techniques. It also provides a critical view of areas where those goals have not been attained, requiring further reform.

Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsbury.pub/residential-construction-law

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Residential Construction: Defects in Context
3. Regulation of Residential Construction
4. Contract Law in Residential Construction
5. Contract and Beyond: Other Rights of Action
6. Consumer Protection: Other Forms
7. Home Owners and Homebuyers: Insurance
8. Inspections in Residential Construction
9. Pathways to Redress
10. Time Limits for Redress
11. Multi-Unit Developments: Blocks of Flats
12. Conclusions

Product details

Published Sep 18 2025
Format Hardback
Edition 2nd
Extent 864
ISBN 9781509975884
Imprint Hart Publishing
Dimensions 244 x 169 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

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Philip Britton

Philip Britton is former Visiting Professor and Di…

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Matthew Bell

Matthew Bell is Associate Professor and Co-Directo…

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Deirdre Ní Fhloinn

Deirdre Ní Fhloinn is a barrister practising at th…

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Kim Vernau

Kim Vernau is Chair of Women’s Pioneer Housing and…

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