<?xml version="1.0"?><?xml-stylesheet title = "XSL_formatting" type="text/xsl" href="/RSS/rss.xsl"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><docs>https://s1-uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/WLN-PLCUK-SC_2605.1.2002/productViews/plcuk/</docs><category>Legal updates</category><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com</link><title>Construction</title><description>Construction</description><item><title>Landlord liable to remove dangerous cladding from hotel under lease covenants and fire safety order (High Court)</title><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic6eb096660cd11f1a83fe84dcd0bf6af/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic6eb096660cd11f1a83fe84dcd0bf6af/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate><description>In Essendi UK Hotels 2 Ltd v London Property Company Ltd [2026] EWHC 1354 (TCC), the High Court held that a landlord's covenant to put and keep a hotel building in good and substantial condition required the removal and replacement of category 3 ACM cladding panels, despite there being no physical deterioration. 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