‘NFCC says statutory safety standards would raise emergency response to flooding and wildfires in line with rest of UK.’
The Guardian, 23rd August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘According to Home Office data, in 2023-2024 in England alone, 587 hotels, boarding houses or hostels had primary fires, of these 458 were accidental, two involved accidental fatalities and there were 92 non fatal casualties.’
Kingsley Napley Regulatory Blog, 19th August 2024
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘Since the 1800s, laws had been passed to try to keep people safe at work.’
BBC News, 31st July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The bereaved and survivors of Grenfell Tower must wait until at least 2027 – a decade after the blaze that killed 72 people – before those suspected of being responsible for the disaster could face criminal trials, it has emerged.’
The Guardian, 22nd May 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who killed a mother and her two daughters by setting fire to a flat has had his sentence reduced.’
BBC News, 14th May 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The First Tier Tribunal recently considered the use of Improvement Notices under s.12 of Housing Act 2004 to address concerns regarding the fire safety of residential property containing cladding similar to that present on Grenfell Tower. Archie Maddan analyses its ruling.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th May 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In R. (on the application of Parkin) v HM Coroner for Inner London (East) [2024] EWHC 744 (Admin), the High Court considered the question of whether an Article 2 investigative duty arises in an inquest in circumstances where the individual concerned was living in their own home; had capacity, and exposed themselves to danger.’
Landmark Chambers, 16th April 2024
Source: www.landmarkchambers.co.uk
‘The High Court has rejected a judicial review challenge to an assistant coroner’s decision not to hold an Article 2 inquest examining whether two public bodies had any responsibility for a woman’s death.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th April 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Thousands of residents trapped in homes with Grenfell-style cladding that they cannot sell are being “scammed” by insurers demanding unaffordable premiums despite being told the buildings are safe, The Independent can reveal. Nearly seven years after the tragedy, which took place in west London in June 2017, residents living in cladded homes are seeing their insurance costs surge by up to 1,000 per cent.’
The Independent, 24th March 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The owners of the Crooked House pub in Himley have appealed against an order to rebuild the 18th-century building, which was demolished days after a fire last year.’
The Guardian, 27th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More than 30 current and former Metropolitan Police officers are suing the force “for personal injury and losses following their role in the Grenfell Tower fire”, it says.’
BBC News, 10th March 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A solicitor made redundant after her work on the Grenfell Tower disaster ended has won a claim for unfair dismissal because her law firm did not properly consider another role for her.’
Legal Futures, 3rd January 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘More than 100 firefighters who tackled the Grenfell Tower blaze will receive compensation from Kensington and Chelsea Council.’
BBC News, 7th December 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Archie Maddan explains what was involved in the first successful prosecution of a tower block owner for failure to remove flammable cladding.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th November 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The landlords of a dangerously overcrowded east London flat that suffered a deadly fire in March have pleaded guilty to a total of nine criminal charges.’
The Guardian, 28th November 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Newham is understood to have become the first local authority in Britain to successfully prosecute a building owner for failing to remove flammable cladding.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th October 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Robert Bowker and Jeremy Weaver, an associate director at Bradys Solicitors analyse the recent case of St John Street Property Services Group v Riverside Group Ltd.’
Tanfield Chambers, 11th September 2023
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
‘A group of leaseholders of two blocks of flats successfully applied for a Remediation Order against the freeholder in respect of defective external cladding and other fire safety issues. The decision by the First-tier Tribunal Property Chamber (Residential Property) in Sarah White & Karin Ida Christina Martensson & Other leaseholders v Kedai Limited (freeholder) LON/00AY/HYI/2022/0005 & 0016 is the first Remediation Order made under section 123 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA).’
Mills & Reeve, 26th September 2023
Source: www.mills-reeve.com
‘This is a very interesting appeal to the Upper Tribunal on the issue of a freeholder recovering waking watch costs through the leaseholder’s service charge. The freeholder was given permission to appeal an FTT decision that only the first 7 days worth of costs (of almost 4 months worth) was recoverable.’
Nearly Legal, 29th August 2023
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Priory Heights, a former tax office, is over 29 metres high, was converted from commercial to residential use between 2003 and 2008, and contains 64 flats. It contains two staircases one of which is external and covered in combustible HPL cladding. It is indisputable that the cladding must be removed and replaced. The necessary remediation measures also include compartmentation and fire stopping work in the building’s common parts.’
Tanfield Chambers, 20th July 2023
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
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