by Admin | May 22, 2014 | News
Thai Manor boss spared jail after troubling fire safety breaches. A former restaurant boss who put customers’ lives at risk has been spared jail, but ordered to pay costs totalling more than £5,000 according to sunderlandecho. A judge said the fire safety breaches by...
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 | Mar 10, 2014 | News
Having proper fire doors in place is an important element in reducing the danger of fire, and fines for failing to install adequate fire door protection are increasing. Last year, the Fire Door Inspection Scheme (FDIS) said that an increased number of prosecutions...
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...
