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Kent County Council (KCC) has been fined £200,000 after asbestos was disturbed at Lansdowne Primary School in Sittingbourne. Canterbury Crown Court was told how, on 6 November 2014, an environmental health officer was carrying out a routine food inspection when…

A landlord who put tenants’ lives at serious risk in due to lax fire safety in Reading has been fined a total of £177,000. Crestcourt Properties Ltd was fined by Reading Magistrates, where Mr Brotherton, the Company Owner, pleaded guilty…

Wood Treatment Ltd, a wood processing company, has been fined after unsafe asbestos work was carried out at its premises in in Macclesfield. On 20 October 2016, in the aftermath of a large explosion at the Bosley site, the company…

A company that carries out repairs of aircraft components has been fined £400,000 after exposing around 100 workers to the risk of developing hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) for 22 years. Cardiff Crown Court was told that 30 of Nordam Europe’s…

A Plymouth landlord has been sentenced after gas appliances at his rental property were found to be ‘Immediately Dangerous’. Plymouth Crown Court heard how the gas appliances in the property on Laira Street were worked on by someone who was…