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Increasingly more and more Fire Safety Professionals (“FSPs”) are being considered for prosecution and enforcement under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (“the FSO”). We consider FSPs be anyone who supplies goods...

“Here he is – Keith Lard!” Despite being a big Peter Kay fan I had never heard of the character Keith Lard until approximately 2007, when I became more involved in fire safety prosecutions. I had watched Phoenix Nights, but for...

We have received some great feedback on the seminars held this year and a selection of the comments are below. If you would like to be notified of future events please ensure you have signed up to the e-newsletter here....

Article Gov cases Gov stats % BB cases %* 14 464 22.8 32 8 321 15.8 9.6 9 312 15.4 16 13 266 13.1 14.1 17 188 9.3 6.9 Other Articles 479 23.6 21.4 The Government statistics for fire safety enforcement between April 2018 and...

The 1st October, 2019, marks the 13th anniversary of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (the Order) coming into force. 6 years ago I published an article, “A Survey of 100 Prosecutions” and I was amazed at the...

Review of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 I have defended or prosecuted over 190 cases under the Fire Safety Order since October 2006. I am a higher courts advocate, so I deal with cases before both the...

Owners rapped after smoke detectors painted over and emergency signs broken at pub blaze A PUB owner and its former licensee have been spared jailed despite putting lives at risk by breaching fire safety regulations. Burnley...