Grenfell Inquiry: KCTMO’s second week in the spotlight

By Jim Dunton2020-10-23T09:50:00

Grenfell Tower toward the end of its ill-fated refurbishment

Source: Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Project manager quizzed on notebooks “binned” months after fire while boss seeks to justify pre-appointment talks with Rydon

The inquiry into 2017’s fire at Grenfell Tower heard two astonishing revelations in the first 15 minutes of hearings this week – both of them related to senior staff at the building’s management organisation, which was the client for the project’s fatally botched refurbishment.

At the opening of Monday’s session, inquiry lead counsel Richard Millett QC said that lawyers representing Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation had flagged the existence of a stack of previously undisclosed diaries and notebooks belonging to witness Peter Maddison.

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