‘The wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle and the start of the first phase of hearings in the Grenfell Inquiry occurred within hours of each other but could not have been more different in terms of how they were received by the British public.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd May 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Almost a year after the Grenfell Tower fire, the first substantive hearings of the inquiry into the disaster will open on Monday with tributes from friends and relatives of the 72 victims.’
The Guardian, 21st May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire will open with individual portraits of and tributes to the 71 victims of the blaze, it has been revealed.’
The Guardian, 21st March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More than 530 individuals and organisations have been granted core participant status for the Grenfell Tower fire inquiry, which resumes preliminary hearings on Wednesday. The number of accredited parties underlines the breadth of the disaster’s impact and the challenge facing Sir Martin Moore-Bick, the retired appeal court judge chairing the investigation. Three individuals are being allowed to remain anonymous. It is believed to be the largest number accredited to a public inquiry in the UK.’
The Guardian, 20th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman posing as a widow from Grenfell Tower pretended her “dead” husband had been miraculously found in a cave as part of a £19,000 fraud.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Kensington and Chelsea council has been condemned by the information commissioner for failing to disclose information relating to the Grenfell Tower fire. Elizabeth Denham has made seven rulings against the council for failing to respond to freedom of information requests about fire safety, cladding and risk assessments at the high-rise block.’
The Guardian, 13th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The cladding system fitted to Grenfell Tower was never subjected to fire safety testing, according to reports. The panels installed on the block, which have since been found on 299 other high-rises, were apparently not put through large-scale lab examinations to test their combustibility before being fitted.’
The Independent, 8th February 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Since the extent of the issues with the cladding to blocks of flats became clear after Grenfell, and it became clear that private blocks as well as social were affected, we have been waiting for the beginning of the legal fall out over who was to pay for rectifying the problems. For leaseholders in those blocks, this was always going to be a very serious issue.’
Nearly Legal, 4th February 2018
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Fines for breaches of fire safety regulations are not explicitly covered by health and safety sentencing guidelines – leading to anomalies in the way in which companies are prosecuted and the ultimate fine.’
OUT-LAW.com, 1st February 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The government is creating a new Office for Product Safety and Standards to help manage large-scale product recalls and identify risks to consumers.’
BBC News, 21st January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Metropolitan Police has asked the Home Office to pay £38m for its Grenfell Tower fire investigation.’
BBC News, 4th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Britain’s human rights watchdog is to launch an inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire that will examine whether the government and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea failed in their duties to protect life and provide safe housing.’
The Guardian, 9th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Grenfell Tower fire inquiry could become a whitewash unless there is a diverse panel to oversee proceedings, survivors and bereaved families say. They say chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick should sit with people from a range of backgrounds who understand the issues facing those affected by the blaze, in which 71 people died on 14 June.’
BBC News, 1st December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A judge has held a vending machine company responsible for fire damage at a further education college after a complex dispute involving conflicting views among expert witnesses.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st November 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Britain’s “inadequate” and “outdated” housing laws are failing to prioritise tenant safety, a damning report commissioned by Shelter has found.’
The Independent, 14th November 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A fire safety loophole means “dangerous decisions” are being made about building design that could lead to more serious blazes, the London Fire Brigade has warned.’
Daily Telegraph, 13th November 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A mental health trust has paid out damages over the case of a man with bipolar disorder and a history of lighting fires who was trapped in a blaze at his cluttered tower block flat.’
The Guardian, 20th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The chairman of an inquiry into the deadly fire at Grenfell Tower has refused calls to allow a survivor of the disaster to be part of a team assessing evidence.’
The Independent, 14th September 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Emergency legal proceedings have been lodged against the prime minister in the high court over the lack of ethnic and religious diversity on the panel of the Grenfell Tower fire inquiry, which begins on Thursday.’
The Guardian, 12th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Lawyers acting for the family of one of the victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster have written to the prime minister, warning her that she may be in breach of key laws relating to the public inquiry.’
The Guardian, 4th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
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