Firm that delayed removing flammable cladding ordered to pay £60,000

Chaplair Ltd given £30,000 fine and told to pay £30,000 costs for delay in cladding removal after successful prosecution by Newham Council

A firm which delayed removing dangerous cladding from a residential building in Newham has been ordered to pay more than £60,000 in fines and costs.

During a hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court yesterday (Tuesday 31 October), Chaplair Ltd was fined £30,000 and ordered to pay costs of £30,000 along with a £190 victim surcharge for failing to meet a deadline to remove dangerous cladding from its Lumiere building at 544 Romford Road, London E7.

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