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Protecting Fire Risk Assessors

Posted by | Jan 5, 2017 | |

Protecting fire risk assessors   As a result of my previous article, ‘The End of Fire Risk Assessors’, I have received a number of enquiries regarding the extent to which fire risk assessors could be liable for prosecution in...

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Fire Risk Assessors at Risk?

Posted by | Jan 5, 2017 | |

The End of Fire Risk Assessors?   When the draft RRO was published in 2005, it was heralded as a Risk Assessor’s Charter. The popular belief was that retired fire officers and fire safety consultants would make...

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Article 8 – or Not?

Posted by | Jan 4, 2017 | |

Article 8 – or not? There has been discussion within the services for whom I prosecute recently about the advantages of charge Defendants predominantly under Article 8 (Duty to take general fire precautions) as opposed to...

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Warren Spencer

Warren Spencer

Warren Spencer is one of the country’s leading fire safety lawyers. He has now prosecuted and defended fire safety cases for over 20 years and has also conducted numerous Enforcement and Prohibition Notice Appeals brought under the Fire Safety Order. He is able to offer impartial professional expert legal advice in all aspects of fire safety enforcement.

Warren is a Higher Courts Advocate, an accreditation which enables him to work as an advocate in the Crown Court. Warren has conducted prosecutions and delivered training for 20 Fire & Rescue Services, lectures at Fire Service College at Moreton in Marsh, as well as advising businesses and professionals on various aspects of Fire Safety Law including its effect upon PFI contracts.

Warren is a part-time Tribunal Judge and a 'Legally Qualified Chair' for Police Disciplinary proceedings in the North West. He is also a former Assistant Deputy Coroner for Blackpool and Fylde.

Tel: 01253 629300

Email: info@firesafetylaw.co.uk