The owner of a Manchester fashion store has been fined for several fire safety breaches. Appearing at Bury and Rochdale magistrates court on 17th May, Joel Lever, the owner of Mon Amie Studios in Prestwich, pleaded guilty to seven breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. It followed an inspection of the store in April 2011, which revealed… read more →
The landlord of a Milton Keynes property has been jailed for four months and fined after pleading guilty to fire safety breaches. Lookman Adeyemi, the registered owner of a house in multiple occupation ( HMO ) in the town, was also fined £10,000 at his sentencing hearing at Amersham Law Courts on 29th March. Earlier in the month, Mr Adeyemi… read more →
A London hotel has had to pay more than £260,000 in fines and costs in what is believed to be the first jury trial of a case under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. The Chumleigh Lodge Hotel Limited and its sole director, Michael Wilson, had pleaded not guilty to a total of 12 offences under the Fire Safety… read more →
A Cheshire takeaway has been fined more than £24,000 for a number of breaches to fire safety regulations. The owners of the Buffet City outlet on Newgate Street in Chester were ordered by Chester Magistrates Court to pay a total of £24,067 in fines and court costs after being found guilty of six offences of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety)… read more →
The manager of a house in multiple occupation (HMO) has been ordered to pay more than £20,000 for breaching fire safety provisions of occupancy legislation. Abdul Bashir was the licence holder and manager of a four-storey property in Prince of Wales Road, Norwich. The 53-year-old worked at the Prince of India restaurant on the ground floor and members of staff… read more →
A furniture company has been ordered to pay more than £12,000 after pleading guilty to numerous breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order. Showhouse Furniture Ltd in Newmarket and two of its directors, Edward Babington and Francois Guillambert, pleaded guilty to 12 offences at Bury St Edmunds magistrates court on Thursday 27th October 2011. An investigation following a fire… read more →
Morrisons Supermarkets has been fined £17,500 after a worker fractured her elbow when she slipped at a store in Ipswich. In June 2008, an environmental health officer from Ipswich Borough Council made a routine visit to a Morrisons store in Sproughton Road. She warned the store’s management about a potential slip hazard behind one of the food counters, where smooth… read more →
Two Manchester landlords have been jailed after their properties were deemed to have breached fire safety regulation. Israr Fazal and his son Shahbaz Fazal pleaded guilty to breaching the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and were each sentenced to three months in prison. Both men were also ordered to pay £8,975 costs. The charges related to eight first-floor flats… read more →
A Preston landlord and his property development firm have been fined around £28,000 for breaching fire safety regulations. Lee Pemberton, a director of PemCo Investments Ltd, pleaded guilty to seven breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 relating to a property above a shop in Lune Street. Officials from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service revealed that residents at… read more →
The housing manager of a property above an Indian restaurant in Norwich has been fined for breaching fire safety regulations. Abdul Bashir was fined £18,000 by Norwich magistrates and ordered to pay costs of around £2,200 for several breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, reports Norwich Evening News. As the license holder of the four-storey property in… read more →
