Fire Safety Law

07/10/2026

Twenty years on from the Fire Safety Order, what are responsible persons most often convicted of?

Full article here: https://www.firesafetylaw.co.uk/20-years-of-the-fire-safety-order-articles-breached/

05/10/2026

Darwen and Bacup landlord convicted over fire safety failings

Carter was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to pay an £8,652 fine and a £156 victim surcharge. JC Land Investments Limited was fined £200,000 and given a £190 victim surcharge.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/26603583.darwen-bacup-landlord-convicted-fire-safety-failings/

25/09/2026

More than 12% of social housing blocks in England have ‘life critical’ fire safety defects

RSH's survey results for Q1 2026/27 show slight increase from last quarter

17/09/2026

Bournemouth woman fined over £23,000 for fire safety breach
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/26546839.bournemouth-woman-fined-23-000-fire-safety-breach/

07/09/2026

MHCLG has published fire prevention and protection statistics for England for the year to March 2026. Audit volumes were essentially flat at 50,195, down 1.6% on the previous year. Four in ten of those audits were recorded as unsatisfactory. What has changed is what happens next.

Formal notices rose 11% to 3,355. That is 46% higher than six years ago. Enforcement notices under Article 30 accounted for 1,896 of them. Prohibition notices under Article 31, which restrict or stop the use of premises outright, rose 27% in a single year to 1,224.

The breach data tells you where duty holders are being caught. Article 14 on emergency routes and exits remains the most cited, with 11,286 breaches recorded, up 9.3%. Article 17 maintenance, Article 9 risk assessment and Article 8 general fire precautions all increased by double digits or close to it.

Full statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fire-prevention-and-protection-england-year-ending-march-2026/fire-prevention-and-protection-statistics-england-april-2025-to-march-2026

04/09/2026

Fire Safety Reinsurance Facility grows, but the cladding crisis has not eased

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/reinsurance/news/breaking-news/fire-safety-reinsurance-facility-grows-but-the-cladding-crisis-has-not-eased-588689.aspx

25/08/2026

Government funding for the remediation of unsafe cladding in multi-occupied residential buildings under 11 metres is now open, with support prioritised according to fire safety risk
https://www.thefpa.co.uk/fire-and-risk-management-journal/news/remediation-funding-for-buildings-under-11-metres-now-open

21/08/2026

Fire safety breaches leave Brighton landlord with £11k bill

The landlord of a building in Brighton has been handed a bill totalling almost £11,000 after he admitted a series

18/08/2026

Responsible Person prosecuted for HMO fire safety breaches

On 20 July 2026, Markandayar Gowrikaran was fined £3,875, including the statutory victim surcharge, after pleading guilty to offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Brighton Magistrates’ Court also ordered him to pay £7,075.31 to ESFRS in respect of investigation time and associated costs.

The prosecution related to 20A St James Street, Brighton, where Gowrikaran had control of premises operating as an HMO. The court heard that he failed to implement the general fire precautions required under fire safety legislation, exposing occupants to increased risk in the event of a fire.
https://www.thefpa.co.uk/fire-and-risk-management-journal/news/responsible-person-prosecuted-for-hmo-fire-safety-breaches

14/08/2026

Top 5 biggest fire safety news stories of July

July was a particularly busy month for the fire safety industry, both from a service provider perspective and that of first responders.