Grenfell architect ‘can’t afford legal team’

By Jim Dunton2020-01-28T09:30:00

Hearing told Studio E has to make ‘difficult decisions’ about how to explain its involvement in tower block refurb

The architecture practice at the centre of the Grenfell Tower tragedy cannot afford legal representation for the public inquiry and has had to make “difficult decisions” about how to engage with the process, the resumed hearings have been told.

On the first day of the Grenfell Inquiry’s second phase investigations, panel chair Michael Moore-Bick was told that Studio E was keen to engage with the process but did not have the resources to hire a full team of lawyers or even study all of the inquiry documents.

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