Letting Agents had No Knowledge of Fire Safety Regulations
A Manchester property company specialising in sales and domestic lettings has been convicted of breaching fire safety regulations. Alex and Dines Ltd was fined £3,000 at Bury Magistrates’ Court and...
View ArticleManchester Chemical Company Fined Again
A MANCHESTER CHEMICAL manufacturing company has been convicted and fined for the second time in 12 months after pleading guilty to seven breaches of the RRO. Atom Scientific Ltd was convicted was fined...
View ArticleThe End of Fire Risk Assessors?
When the UK’s draft Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (RRO) was published in 2005, it was heralded as a Risk Assessor’s Charter. The popular belief was that retired fire officers and fire safety...
View ArticleCannabis Farm Landlady Pleads Guilty
A landlady whose premises had been used to farm cannabis plants has pleaded guilty to 12 offences under the RRO at Bury Magistrates Court. Ishrat Arra, the owner of the premises, which had been used...
View ArticleRosepark Care Home Loophole Still Possible Under RRO
I read with interest here last week that the loophole that enabled the Rosepark Care Home owners to escape prosecution was to be closed following the introduction of a bill in the House of Lords. I am...
View ArticleFire Safety Enforcement Could Be Left to Private Sector
There has been significant press in recent months regarding the funding cuts to fire services across the country. The coverage has centred (quite rightly, some would say) on the number of firefighters...
View ArticleFirex 13-16th May NEC Birmingham
Is anyone attending the above event? I’ll be there on the 15th, speaking at 12pm. If you’d like to catch up that day let me know. I’m keen to speak to FRS regarding our fire safety legal training and...
View ArticleEnforcement Notice Saved Lives
A Blackpool Indian takeaway owner has been fined £9000 and ordered to pay £2607 costs after pleading guilty to 9 charges under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Muhammad Attique, the...
View ArticleEmployers Liable for Fire Breaches in Living Accommodation
A company responsible for a popular Lake District inn and its director have been fined £9000 for breaching fire safety regulations. Derek Sweeney, 57, a director of Travellers Rest Limited pleaded...
View ArticleCourt Criticises Takeaway Owner
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View Article100 Fire Prosecutions Analysed
My blog now reads that I have reached a century of prosecutions under the RRO. I thought it would be interesting to mine the data attached to those first 100 cases. Unfortunately, I was involved with...
View ArticleHMO Landlord Fined £36,000 After Fire
A Blackpool landlord has been fined 36,000 for breaching fire safety regulations, after a blaze broke out in his property in Clarence Street, Morecambe, in July last year. Graham Sawings, 41, of...
View ArticleAsda Store and Manager Guilty of Breaches
The Royal Berkshire Fire Authority prosecuted Asda Stores Ltd for breaches of Fire Safety Regulations following an inspection at the Asda store, Cippenham, Slough on 24 June 2010. Asda pleaded guilty...
View ArticleSlough Landlord Fined Over £20,000 for Fire Safety Breaches
Bellforce Developments Ltd and Gurpartap Singh Bhullar , of Manor Lodge, Mildenhall Road, Slough, were fined a total of £20,250 at Reading Crown Court on Thursday (25 July) for breaches of the...
View ArticleProtecting Fire Risk Assessors from Prosecution
As a result of my previous article, ‘The End of Fire Risk Assessors’, I have received a number of enquiries regarding the extent to which fire risk assessors could be liable for prosecution in the...
View ArticleSerious Message for Landlords
Three men who failed to take the correct fire precautions in nine Kettering properties have been prosecuted by Northamptonshire County Council’s fire and rescue service. Following a fatal fire at 47...
View ArticlePub Chain Reactions May Change
I have written previously that I have some concerns regarding the enforcement of the RRO against larger businesses (Hiding Behind the Corporate Veil). In particular, the tendency of large corporate...
View ArticleNursing Home Staff Left Residents in Rooms During Fire
Two nursing home owners have been fined for committing offences under the RRO after staff left elderly residents in their rooms during a late night fire despite getting out themselves. Liverpool...
View ArticleLandlord of cannabis farm house ordered to pay £15,000 for breaking fire...
THE property manager of a housein Bury avoided jail but was ordered to pay almost £15,000 in costs for breaching fire safety legislation and putting her tenants at risk. Bolton Crown Court heard the...
View ArticleSchool Owner Fined for Fire Breaches
Hekmat Kaveh, the owner of one of Britain’s top independent schools has been ordered to pay nearly £50,000 for risking pupils’ lives by having ‘woefully inadequate’ fire safety measures. Millionaire...
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