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The counsel to the inquiry Richard Millett QC, had urged the witnesses to “do the right thing”, and the minister for building safety, Stephen Greenhalgh, said they should “step up to the plate”. The French government made a public statement saying it did not believe the law was applicable. Grenfell United, the families group, mounted a campaign to demand that all Arconic witness attend, including placing a poster truck outside the French embassy in London displaying an image of the burned-out tower as the central white band on the French tricolour flag. The inquiry has already seen in...
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Kingspan has written to the government to dispute a claim heard at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry that it tried to mislead MPs over safety tests. In December, on the day the public inquiry was paused after a member of its team tested positive for COVID-19, the inquiry heard accusations that the firm misled politicians, including Clive Betts, the chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, over fire-safety performance. Counsel to the inquiry Richard Millett quizzed Kingspan’s director of technical, marketing and internal affairs Adrian Pargeter about a letter sent to polit...
Kingspan, the Cavan-based building materials company, has announced the departure of the managing director of its insulation boards division, which is at the centre of the Grenfell Tower inquiry. Peter Wilson (64), who is also a director of Kingspan Group plc, notified the board of his intention to retire at the end of the year from both his management and directorship roles. The company has also appointed operations director Jim Carolan as group head of compliance and certification – a newly created role reporting to the group CEO Gene Murtagh Jr – reflecting the increased scrutiny on sa...