181 Modules 5 & 6 Closing Statements: Firefighting
“Incompetent and incapable... to respond to a fire that was extreme but foreseeable”
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Podcast · BBC Radio
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Show Notes
This week we heard closing statements for two modules of the inquiry on firefighting. Lawyers for the London Fire Brigade (LFB) and those representing the Bereaved, Survivors, and Residents (BSRs) strongly disagreed over the responsibility of the LFB for the failure to arrange an early evacuation of Grenfell Tower. The lawyer representing one of the BSR groups, Leslie Thomas, proposed a “Hillsborough Law” to require a duty of candour from those giving evidence. We interviewed Pete Weatherby QC, who represented BSRs during the first phase of the Grenfell Inquiry, and worked on the Hillsborough disaster inquest.
Presenter: Kate Lamble
Producers: Sharon Hemans, Nathan Gower
Researcher: Ben Henderson
Studio Mix: Gareth Jones
Editor: Hugh Levinson