As a mediator working in the construction professional indemnity field, I’ve seen multi-party mediations involving cladding defects become a staple of the landscape. These cases usually revolve around large-scale remediation schemes, where a single claimant, often a developer or building owner, pursues claims running into millions against a range of professionals: contractors, architects, fire engineers, façade designers, and cladding subcontractors. Each party typically had

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