1.0Melbourne Commercial Litigatorshttps://patrickassociates.com.auCHARLOTTE SINCLAIRhttps://patrickassociates.com.au/author/charlotte-sinclair/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://patrickassociates.com.au/combustible-cladding-progress-notwithstanding-a-global-pandemic/">Combustible Cladding – Progress notwithstanding a global pandemic</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){var r,a,i,s,n,o=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]');for(r=0;r<c.length;r++)c[r].style.display="none";for(r=0;r<o.length;r++)if(a=o[r],e.source===a.contentWindow){if(a.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;a.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),n=l.createElement("a"),s.href=a.getAttribute("src"),n.href=t.value,n.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===a)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),d.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;var e,t,r,a,i=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),s=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),n=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content");for(t=0;t<n.length;t++){if(!(r=n[t]).getAttribute("data-secret"))a=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),r.src+="#?secret="+a,r.setAttribute("data-secret",a);if(i||s)(e=r.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),r.parentNode.replaceChild(e,r)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://patrickassociates.com.au/combustible-cladding-progress-notwithstanding-a-global-pandemic/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Combustible Cladding – Progress notwithstanding a global pandemic” — Melbourne Commercial Litigators" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://patrickassociates.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/andrew-gaines-KU5l4lCANFw-unsplash-scaled-e1587609400836.jpg25601177Combustible cladding has been at the forefront of the media and the building and legal industries since the Lacrosse tower fire in November 2014, Grenfell Tower inferno in June 2017 and most recently, the Neo 200 fire in February 2019. Recent developments On 22 June 2020, the Victorian Government announced that the rectification of buildings with dangerous cladding will be...