Tag Archives: gas safety
Landlords’ safety obligations
Thanks to our friends at Nearly Legal we have been alerted to the recent case of Gillian Drysdale v Joanne Hedges (2012) QBD 27/07/2012. A tenant slipped off some steep steps while moving her belongings in at the beginning of the tenancy and injured her back. The steps were painted with gloss paint which became […]
It’s (not) a gas
A Landlord has been prosecuted, found guilty, fined £2,000.00 and ordered to complete 150 hours’ community service for breaching the gas safety regulations including using unregistered gas engineers for gas safety checks. The HSE report can be read here. Landlords and agents are reminded that there is no defence to non compliance with the regulations. […]
Gas Safety
The Old Bailey will this summer be hearing the case of a Plumber charged with the manslaughter of a woman who died of carbon monoxide poisoning. It is alleged he breached his obligations under regulation 26 (9) of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998.The Plumber has pleaded not guilty to the charges. This […]
Gas Safe Register
Boarding my train to London this morning I saw a poster campaign for the new Gas Safe Register. The successor to the old CORGI Landlords Gas Safety Certificate regime. While it is good to see promotion of gas safety, landlords and agents should make sure they are familiar with the new system and ensure that […]
Carbon Monoxide
In December 2010 the Health and Safety Executive released a Safety Notice to raise awareness of the potential dangers from certain types of flues connected to gas-fired central heating installations in some properties. Unfortunately the Notice was released following the death of a person in a property earlier that year but there is now an […]