Council wins cladding removal court case

Newham has become the first council to successfully prosecute a building owner for delays in removing dangerous cladding.
City of London Magistrates Court ruled against building owner Chaplair Ltd this week after it failed to meet a deadline to remove flammable cladding from its Lumiere building in east London.Newham Council pursued legal action after Chaplair failed to remove cladding by the 31 March 2021 deadline imposed in an improvement notice issued by the Council in September 2020.Work eve