UK PROSECUTIONS

[Chris Houston]

Please use this thread only for the purposes of linking to topics on prosecutions.  Please don't post them directly here, as this is not the place to discuss prosecutions.

Please include the following data:

Date:
Fire Service:
Fine:
Defendant:
Offence:

I will delete any discussion about the prosecutions from this thread.

[Chris Houston]

Date:             July 08
Fire Service:   London Fire Brigade
Fine:              £17,400
Defendant:     JJB Sports PLC
Offence:         six breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

http://www.fire.org.uk/punbb/upload/viewtopic.php?id=3249

[Chris Houston]

Date:             June 08
Fire Service:   London Fire Brigade
Fine:              £4,000
Defendant:     Mustafa Ismail (hairdressers)
Offence:         nine breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

http://www.fire.org.uk/punbb/upload/viewtopic.php?id=3130

[Chris Houston]

Date:             May 08
Fire Service:   London Fire Brigade
Fine:              £11,000
Defendant:     P.T.F Properties Limited
Offence:         failing to maintain a fire alarm, failing to maintain a fire door and two charges of failing to provide a safe means of escape

http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/news/detail.asp?id=960

[Chris Houston]

Date:             June 08
Fire Service:   Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service
Fine:              £145,000
Defendant:     John Nevins (Brandon House Hotel)
Offence:         failing to notify the fire authority of structural alterations at the hotel and two offences of contravening the terms of a fire safety certificate.

http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=News&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=IPED17%20Jun%202008%2023%3A38%3A36%3A157

[Tom Sutton]

Date: June 2008
Fire Service: Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service
Fine: £4000
Defendant: Lee Owen (Wirral Night Club)
Offence: Enforcement Notice. Works required were not completed within the time allowed bt the FRS

http://www.means-of-escape.com/press-releases/press50.aspx

[Ricardo]

An older one, but hopefully worthy of note.
Date - April 2005
Fire Service -Wilthsire
Fine - £12,000
Defendant - Chippenham tool hire company, The Hire Station
Offence - The Fire Precautions Workplace Regulations (as amended) 1999.
under Regulation 15.

1   Failure to carry out a suitable and sufficient risk assessment.
2   Failure to provide a suitable and sufficient system of emergency
     lighting.
3   Failure to provide a suitable system of fire detection and warning.

http://archive.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/2005/4/28/87904.html

[Ricardo]

Date - Feb 2007
Fire Service - London FRS
Fine - £200,000
Defendant -  Park Care Homes Limited, who owned and operated Ravenscroft Park Nursing Home in Barnet.
Offence - The Defendants pleaded guilty to 13 Summonses (see link for further details)

http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/news/detail.asp?id=844

[Ricardo]

Date -
Fire Service - Essex Fire Authority
Fine - fined £10,000 and ordered to pay costs of £15,000
Defendant - Feyzullah Ozgurcu, a partner of Crystal Restaurant in St Botolph’s Street Colchester
Offence - five breaches of a prohibition notice

http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/pages/index.asp?area=4&id=81

[Ricardo]

Date - September 2007
Fire Service - East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
Fine - £250,000
Defendant - [The Argus] Co-op
Offence - A catalogue of faults was uncovered at the chain's outlets in Brighton, Saltdean, Seaford, Polegate, Forest Row and St Leonards.

http://archive.theargus.co.uk/2007/9/14/241876.html

[Ricardo]

Date - Dec 2006
Fire Service - West Mids
Fine - £10,000
Defendant - JJB Sports
Offence - Eleven separate breaches, relating to means of escape and the failure to undertake a suitable and sufficient risk assessment were grouped into five charges leading to an offence under Article 32-(1) (a);

No Link available, I can provide details in necessary



PS by Forum Admin:

Link kindly provided by twsutton

http://newsweaver.co.uk/crownoffice/e_article001029560.cfm?x=b11,0,w

[Gel]

June 2008
FRS Oxon
Fine £12k
Defendant Mohammed Ali Rana  (Estate Agent)
Offence: 4 breaches of the Houses in Multiple Occupation Regulations

http://www.oxford.gov.uk/news/news.cfm/current/1/item/2879

[Redone]

Date: 9/5/2008
Fire Service: West Sussex
Fine: £25,000 with £11,000 costs.
Defendant: Mill House Inns Trading
Offence: According to evidence given before the court the fire alarm panel had been switched to silent, fire doors had been wedged open, staff had not received adequate fire safety training, fire alarms had not been tested correctly, and there was no overall emergency plan.


http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2008/05/09/320738/hotel-company-fined-more-than-35000-after-fire.html

[Gel]

July 2008
FRS: WMFS
Fine: £1,865
Defendant: UP-A LOFT
Offence: Botched loft conversion failing to meet Building Regs re fire safety




http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=284&storycode=3118653&c=2

[Redone]

Date: 4/7/2008
Fire Service: Northampton
Fine: £20,000 with £1,955.85 costs.
Defendant: Mark Henderson Badenoch
Offence: The offences included not having a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment; inadequate smoke sealing on a door resulting in the second floor escape route becoming smoke logged; inadequate fire alarm repair arrangements; and the fire alarm not being in good working order.

www.fseonline.co.uk