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Residential company fined £153,000 over fire safety failings at Leeds flats
Overview
Scanlans Property Management LLP has been fined £153,000 and ordered to pay over £13,000 in costs after pleading guilty to fire safety breaches at Ahlux House in Leeds. Kirklees Magistrates' Court heard the firm failed to comply with an enforcement notice regarding a defective fire alarm system and incorrect evacuation signs.
Key points
- Scanlans Property Management LLP pleaded guilty to failing to comply with an enforcement notice at Ahlux House.
- Failings included a defective fire alarm system and incorrect evacuation signs.
- The company was ordered to pay a £153,000 fine and over £13,000 in costs at Kirklees Magistrates' Court.
- West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service took action following longstanding concerns and numerous false alarms.
- Judge Helen Pitts found that the failures created a high likelihood of serious harm in the event of a fire.