Fire Safety Law and Practice

Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-1-5265-3878-9
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic

Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Fire Safety Law and Practice provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the legislative framework that governs fire safety in England and Wales. Taking into account the significant amendments that have followed the tragic events of Grenfell Tower, it explains who is subject to duties under the order and what those duties are. It then deals with enforcement, covering the duties on enforcing authorities and the investigatory powers available to them, before looking at both the bringing of criminal proceedings and the powers to issue alteration, prohibition and enforcement notices.

Accessible to both those new to the field and experienced legal practitioners, and to fire safety inspectors as well as risk assessors, it serves not only as a reference work, but also provides a detailed practical guide for those working in this area on a daily basis.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, Andrew

Taylor, Lucy

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Introduction
1 Introduction
2 The Development of Fire Safety Law

Part 2: Fire Safety Duties
3 The Scope and Structure of the Fire Safety Order
4 Responsible Persons and Other Duty Holders
5 The Duty to Take General Fire Precautions

6 The Duty to Undertake Risk Assessments

7 Other Fire Safety Duties
8 The Interplay Between the Fire Safety Order and other Legislation

Part 3: Enforcement
9 Investigatory Powers, Evidence Gathering and Practicalities
10 Offences and Prosecutions
11 Sentencing and Ancillary Orders
12 Non-Criminal Enforcement: Alternation Notices, Enforcement Notices and Prohibition Notices

Part 4: Appendix

Über Autor(innen)

Johnson, Andrew
Andrew was appointed as a Circuit Judge in 2024, sitting at the Crown Court at St Albans. Prior to taking up his full-time appointment, he was a barrister in practice at 5 Paper Buildings for fifteen years. He specialised in regulatory prosecutions, including for fire safety, health and safety and consumer law offences, as well as having a specialist appellate practice before the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). He was instructed in a number of cases involving allegations of breaches of fire safety duties and of prohibition orders. He prosecuted what was understood to be the first case under the Fire Safety Order that was commenced by a local authority that was not a fire authority.

Taylor, Lucy
Lucy was admitted as a solicitor in 2014 and since then has acted as the sole solicitor to Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service with responsibility for enforcement activity. She provides early investigative advice to fire protection officers daily. She has conduct of all prosecutions brought by the fire authority, and of all appeals brought against orders it has made.
Lucy is a member of the National Fire Lawyers Network of Lawyers in Local Government, which bring together in-house lawyers for fire and rescue services across the country.

His Honour Judge Andrew Johnson, Circuit Judge, UK
Andrew was appointed as a Circuit Judge in 2024, sitting at the Crown Court at St Albans. Prior to taking up his full-time appointment, he was a barrister in practice at 5 Paper Buildings for fifteen years. He specialised in regulatory prosecutions, including for fire safety, health and safety and consumer law offences, as well as having a specialist appellate practice before the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). He was instructed in a number of cases involving allegations of breaches of fire safety duties and of prohibition orders. He prosecuted what was understood to be the first case under the Fire Safety Order that was commenced by a local authority that was not a fire authority.

Lucy Taylor solicitor, Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, UK
Lucy was admitted as a solicitor in 2014 and since then has acted as the sole solicitor to Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service with responsibility for enforcement activity. She provides early investigative advice to fire protection officers daily. She has conduct of all prosecutions brought by the fire authority, and of all appeals brought against orders it has made.
Lucy is a member of the National Fire Lawyers Network of Lawyers in Local Government, which bring together in-house lawyers for fire and rescue services across the country.