Russell-Cooke, one of the legal advisors to the victims of the Grenfell Fire disaster, has welcomed the findings and recommendations set out in the final Phase 2 Report by the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, and joins calls for additional measures to urgently address delays in the removal of dangerous cladding.

The report, published today, comes more than four years after the Inquiry’s Phase 1 Report, and more than seven years on from the fire at Grenfell Tower in June 2017. It presents the Inquiry’s findings following approximately 400 days of public hearings between 2020 and 2022, in which evidence was heard from expert witnesses, local authority leaders, corporate executives from the construction and property industries, as well as the bereaved, survivors, and residents (BSR) of the Grenfell Tower.

The findings cover a number of critical issues including causation, responsibility, decision making, and the dangers associated with various combinations of cladding and insulation. Read on