LoginGate company fined over safety failings
A company and subcontractor who installed a dangerous gate have been prosecuted
Posted 16 April 2025 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Property and Housing|South East
UPDATES: A prosecution over unsafe powered gates reinforces the importance of meeting safety obligations and the potentially serious consequences when standards fall short.
A company and a subcontractor who installed an automated gate which caused ‘life-changing’ injuries to a homeowner have been fined following a prosecution by Kent Trading Standards.
The automated sliding gate was installed at a family home in January 2020 by Pallet Handling Penshurst Limited (PHPL), which originally traded as Chase Fencing of Tonbridge, and its subcontractor Derek Havill,...
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