Contractors’ court appearance over 2018 tower death delayed
Top Stories Tamfitronics Image © 2019 GoogleBy Gino SpocchiaA criminal case brought against facade firm Lindner Prater, contractor Winvic and two other companies over the death of a man hit by a window falling from a building has been adjourned.The firms were due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court earlier this week (29 October) to face charges related to a fatal incident outside the Corniche development in Vauxhall, south London, six years ago.Lindner Prater and Winvic have been charged with a breach of section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, which protects people not employed on a job from “risks to their health or safety”.Also facing the same charge are the scheme’s developer St James, a subsidiary of Berkeley, and architecture firm Foster & Partners.But the first hearing in the case...
