Scafell Securities Limited has been fined £4,000, plus a £50 victim surcharge, and ordered to pay costs of £10,000 after pleading guilty to failing to address fire safety issues at Berkeley Court, in Coley Avenue, Reading. Royal Berkshire Fire Authority (RBFA) carried out an inspection of the block of flats in November 2011 where significant flaws in it’s fire safety… read more →
Derrick Rands, joint owner of Wokingham Guest House, appeared before Reading Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 5 March accused of five charges under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 following inspections by Royal Berkshire Fire Authority (RBFA) between February 11 and September 16, 2013. The fire inspection found there was inadequate fire protection provision for fire escape routes, inadequate maintenance… read more →
A Hertfordshire tool supply company has been told to pay £27,000 for endangering workers after neglecting to maintain electrical systems and equipment. Watford Magistrates’ Court heard today (25 April 2013) that tools including power hammers and grinding machines, as well as fixed electrical systems, were so poorly maintained at Arrow Tools in Waltham Abbey that they presented immediate and potentially… read more →
Two companies were today (24 April) ordered to pay a total of £794,658 in fines and costs after a driver was run over and killed by his own lorry. Father-of-three Gary Walters, 51, was working for Gloucester-based contract haulier Larkins Logistics Ltd when the fatal incident occurred on 11 October 2010. He was collecting a trailer loaded with structural concrete… read more →
A record fine has been handed to a care home owner who put residents at risk through fire safety breaches. David Moseley and his firm DM Care were given a £35,000 fine after local fire services found several breaches of regulations following a fire last year. The Ambassador Care Home in Lytham Road, South Shore, was found to have a… read more →
A Lancashire care home has been fined £35,000 after breaching fire safety law which included placing a Christmas grotto on the main exit route. D M Care Limited – the owner of the Ambassador Care Home in Blackpool – pleaded guilty to seven offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 on 19 March at Fleetwood Magistrates Court. The… read more →
A landlord who rented out rooms in a disused pub has been given a suspended prison sentence and been ordered to carry out 100 hours’ community service. Leaseholder of the former Tavern Inn in Kentish Town, London, Anthony O’Leary, pleaded guilty to five offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and was sentenced on 12 March at Blackfriars… read more →
Failure to comply with fire safety legislation has led to a fine of more than £10,000 for a chemical manufacturing company in Tameside. According to Tameside Radio, Atom Scientific Ltd pleaded guilty to seven breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and was convicted on January 23rd. Officers from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority inspected the company’s… read more →
An alarm company has been ordered to pay £30 million in interim damages to the owners of Weston-super-Mare’s Grand Pier, following the fire that completely destroyed the pier’s pavilion in 2008. Judge Mark Havelock-Allan, QC, found a “high degree of negligence” from alarm firm System 2 Security (S2S), which went into administration just before the case came to court, the… read more →
Big Rock Climbing Ltd, which owns and runs Climb Rochdale, was convicted of seven fire safety offences at Bury Magistrates’ Court on 17 December 2012. The company was fined £2,000 for each offence and ordered to pay £1,858 costs to Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, as well as a £15 victim surcharge. The prosecution by the Greater Manchester Fire… read more →
