The issue
In May 2023 legal proceedings brought by London Fire Service against LB Camden concluded. The proceedings related to a fire at a large street property conversion in Hampstead in November 2017 where a tenant died. Fire risk assessments in January 2013 and May 2017 identified serious risks in the block, such as combustible wooden cladding on the internal staircase and a lack of proper fire doors on flat entrances. LB Camden had programmed but not yet implemented the required remedial actions. It pleaded guilty to two offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005[footnote 1] and was fined £500,000 plus costs by the court.
Following the conclusion of legal proceedings, the regulator engaged with LB Camden to understand whether the fire safety failings demonstrated by this case had been resolved and whether LB Camden was compliant with our regulatory standards.
