by Admin | May 19, 2014 | News
A coroner at an inquest investigating the death of a woman at a London apartment in 2012, has severely criticised the managers of the housing block where she died. And even more shockingly, the bosses of property firm the Komoto Group have failed in their duty to...
by Admin | Mar 12, 2014 | News
A guest house owner has been fined after admitting a number of fire safety breaches according to getreading.co.uk. Derrick Rands, joint owner of Wokingham Guest House, in Oxford Road, appeared before Reading Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday accused of five...
by Admin | Oct 25, 2012 | News
A council has spent more than £3 million in legal fees preparing for an inquest into the deaths of six people killed in a tower block fire. Three adults and three children died in the blaze at Lakanal House in Camberwell after a defective television switch started a...
by Admin | Oct 22, 2012 | News
A hotel company has had to pay £50,000 in fines and costs after breaching fire safety legislation. Chescombe Ltd – owner of Tantons Hotel in Bideford – was fined £40,000 and ordered to pay £10,000 in costs at Exeter Crown Court on 20 September. The company had...
by Admin | Jul 26, 2012 | News
New research suggests that the amount of UK house fires could be double official government statistics. Stone Wool insulation provider Rockwool has found only half of all UK house fires were attended by fire brigades in the last five years. The rest of the blazes were...
