 November 8, 2022 'This conscious cost-benefit analysis with human life as the cost was not a legitimate way for a local authority to behave,' Barwise told the inquiry. Adrian Williamson KC also named Celotex, which made most of the insulation used on the tower, and Kingspan, which also made some of the insulation, as playing a role saying the companies 'were fraudulent in their sales tactics and in their dealings with those who were charged with testing and certifying the products'. The public inquiry, chaired by Sir Martin Moore-Bick, has examined the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the fire and is now at the stage of receiving closing statements. Danny Friedman KC, representing families, told Moore-Bick that although the inquiry 'cannot make determin){kind=link}
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‘Corporate greed with complete disregard for safety’ led to the Grenfell Tower fire which killed 72, lawyers claimed.
The closing days of a public inquiry into the disaster heard that a ‘rogues’ gallery’ of firms bore responsibility and that there should be prosecutions after the process concludes.
Lawyers acting for residents of the tower and the bereaved also blamed the deadly fire in 2017 on professional incompetence, oversight and organisational failings.
Stephanie Barwise KC first named Arconic, which made the cladding panels on the outside of the tower block which proved highly combustible.