Company Registered Address: 80 Friar Gate Derby DE1 1FL      Company Registered in England and Wales No:  09582633

LANDLORD AND MANAGEMENT CO. HANDED RECORD FINE

OVER FIRE SAFETY FAILURES

City Estates was fined £120,000 for not carrying out a fire risk assessment, £15,000 for failing to equip the premises with adequate fire detection, and £15,000 for failing to ensure persons could evacuate the building safely.

Crownpark Investments was fined £80,000, £10,000 and £10,000 for the same breaches respectively.

The fine is the biggest financial penalty handed down in a fire safety prosecution case brought by the LFB relating to a single privately rented property.

The LFB was also awarded full prosecution costs of £49,500.