Te mōrearea ahi – kei te wera haere ngā tautohe mō te whakakikorua hapa

I Ingarangi me Wales, kua tukuna e te Kōti Hangarau me te Hanganga i roto i te keehi Martlet Homes Ltd v Mulalley & Co Ltd [2022] EWHC 1813 (TCC) (14 Hōngongoi 2022) te whakataunga tuatahi i puta mai i te tautohe whakakikorua hapa whai muri i te aituā o te Grenfell Tower. He maha ngā tautohe kua ara ake i te UK e pā ana ki te whakakikorua mura kore haumaru. Ko tēnei whakataunga pea te tuatahi o ngā maha, ā, ka tino whakamārama i ngā rōpū e uru ana ki tētahi tautohe whakakikorua.
Kaituhi: Sam Dorne

Papamuri

I te 14 o Hune 2017, i mura te ahi i roto i te poraka whare 24-papa o te Grenfell Tower i te taha hauauru o Rānana, ā, e 72 ngā mate me te neke atu i te 70 ngā whara. I tīmata te ahi hiko iti i te papa tuawhā i mua i te horapa tere ki runga i te papa o waho me te whakamarumaru hou o te Tower.

Hei wāhanga o te urupare ā-motu, i whakahaerehia ngā rangahau i kitea ai he maha o ēnei whare teitei kua hipokina ki ngā rauemi mura kino. I kitea anō hoki ētahi atu take haumaru ahi, pērā i te ngaro o ngā ārai āputaputa huri noa i ngā matapihi me te korenga o ngā ārai ahi.

Ehara i te mea miharo kua ara ake he maha ngā tautohe i puta mai i tēnei, ko Martlet Homes te kēhi whakamātautau tuatahi kua tae ki ngā kōti.

Martlet Homes Ltd v Mulalley & Co Ltd

Kei a Martlet Homes Ltd ( Martlet ) tētahi poraka pourewa teitei i Gosport. I waenganui i te tau 2006 me te tau 2008, i tāutahia e Mulalley & Co Ltd ( Mulalley ) tētahi pūnaha whakakikorua hou e kiia nei ko te pūnaha whakakikorua StoTherm Classic.

I roto i te kirimana, i whakatakoto te kirimana ko Mulalley te kawenga mō te hoahoa me te whakahaere i ngā mahi, tae atu ki te whakaoti i te hoahoa me te whiriwhiri i ngā whakaritenga.

I roto hoki i te kirimana, i hiahiatia kia tutukihia ngā Ture Hanga Whare me ngā whakaritenga e pā ana ki ngā whakaritenga ture, ngā tikanga mahi, ngā Paerewa o Peretānia, ā, ko te mea tino rongonui, ko ngā whakaritenga, ngā tohutohu, ngā taunakitanga me ngā kupu tohutohu hou .

I muri i te parekura o Grenfell, i kitea he maha ngā hapa o tēnei whakakikorua, ā, i tangohia e Martlet te whakakikorua mura, ka whakakapia ki tētahi pūnaha hou, haumaru.

I whakawakia a Mulalley mō te utu o te tāutanga o te whakakikorua hou me ngā utu mō te whai i tētahi Waking Watch – arā, mā ngā kaimahi whakangungu e aroturuki te whare i ngā rā katoa, i ngā rā katoa, kia taea ai e ngā kainoho te noho tonu i roto i te whare morearea i te wā e mahia ana ngā mahi whakatikatika.

Te kereme me te tiakitanga

E rua ngā kereme a Martlet. Tuatahi, i puta he "takahi tāutanga" i reira i puta ai he take whānui ki te mahi a te whakakikorua. Ko te tuarua o ngā takahi i whakapaetia ko te "takahi i ngā whakaritenga" i kore ai te whakakikorua e tutuki i ngā Ture Hanga i te wā o te kirimana, nō reira i takahi a Mullaley i te kirimana.

Ki te whakapae tuatahi, i whakaae a Mulalley ahakoa he hapa ētahi o ngā mahi hanga, kāore ēnei takahi i te tika mō ngā mahi whakakapinga i mahia, me te hiahia rānei mō tētahi Waking Watch.

Mō te tuarua o ngā whakapae, i whakakahore a Mulalley i te kī kāore te whakakikorua i tutuki i te wā i tāutahia ai. Ko tana tūnga ko te tino take o ngā mahi whakakapinga ko te pikinga ake o ngā paerewa haumaru ahi i muri i a Grenfell, ā, i tautohe ia he iti ake te kaupapa whakatikatika te whānuitanga o tana kawenga.

Te whakatau

I kitea e te Kōti ahakoa i takahia ngā whakaurunga, ko te mate ka herea ki tētahi kaupapa whakatikatika anake. Kāore e taea te whakahoki mai i ngā kino mō te kaupapa whakakapinga katoa.

I tautokona anō hoki e te Kōti te takahi i ngā whakaritenga, ā, nō reira i taea ai e Martlet te whakahoki mai i te utu o te kaupapa whakakapinga katoa.

I te taenga atu ki tēnei whakataunga, he maha ngā kitenga a te Kōti.

Ngā paerewa e tika ana hei whakamahi

I tirohia ngā paerewa hangarau maha e tika ana mō te tini o te hunga i roto i te umanga hanga e pā ana ki ngā take rite, tae atu ki ngā Ture Hanga Whare 2000 me ngā Tuhinga Whakaaetia e pā ana, e whakarato ana i ngā aratohu whai hua e pā ana ki ngā whakaritenga o tētahi whakaritenga o ngā ture hanga whare.

He mea nui i tēnei take, kei roto i te Tuhinga Whakaaetia B tētahi pararāfu 13.7 e pā ana ki te hanganga pakitara o waho, e whakarato ana i te tohutohu mō te whakamahinga o te rauemi whakamahana kei roto i te Pūrongo BRE mō te mahi ahi o te whakamahana o waho mō ngā pakitara o ngā whare maha-papa (BR 135, 1988) (kua whakahoutia ki te BR 135 2003, ā, i whakaaetia e ngā rōpū hei putanga e tika ana).

I tautohe a Mulalley kāore he Takahi Whakatakotoranga nā te mea kāore te BR 135 (2003) i whakahaua, ā, he mea tika kia whakawhirinaki a Mulalley ki tētahi Tiwhikete Whakaaetanga a te Poari o Peretānia e wātea ana mō te pūnaha StoTherm.

I whakatau te Kōti i hangaia e te BRE 135 (2003) tētahi paerewa mahi e kitea ana i roto i tana Tāpiritanga A, ā, me aromatawai mā roto i ngā whakamātautau me whakahaere i runga anō i te BS 8414-1.

Ko te whakamātautau BS 8414-1 te wāhi e hangaia ai te pūnaha whakakikorua hei tauira, kātahi ka tahuna, ka tū atu ki te ahi nui kia kitea ai me pēhea te tū atu.

I tika kia mōhio te kaihoahoa matatau kei roto i te BRE 135 (2003) ngā tohutohu kia kaua e tohua he hua pēnei i te pūnaha StoTherm (kei roto nei te whakamarumaru mura me te whakamarumaru mura) mō tētahi whare noho teitei, ki te kore he taunakitanga e tutuki ana i ngā paearu mahi o te Tāpiritanga A mā te whakamātautau BS 8414-1. Kāore rātou e makona kei te rite te pūnaha StoTherm ki ngā mātāpono hoahoa whānui me ngā mātāpono hoahoa motuhake katoa kei roto i te BRE 135 (2003).

Ahakoa he kupu tohutohu te BRE 135 (2003), ehara i te mea whakahau, i whakatau te Kōti he mārama te taunakitanga kei roto i ngā tohutohu, ā, me whakarongo tetahi kaiwhakatū tika ki aua tohutohu.

I whakatau te Kōti kāore a Mulalley i whai i te tohutohu, ā, ko te korenga i tutuki i ngā taunakitanga BRE 135 he rite anō ki te korenga i tutuki i te whakaritenga mahi B4(1) o te Āpitihanga 1 o ngā Ture Hanga Whare. Ko te tikanga o tēnei i takahi a Mulalley i tana whakaritenga kirimana kia tutuki i ngā whakaritenga ture.

Te take me te whakamātautau "engari mō"

Kia taea ai te whakahoki mai i te mate, me whakaatu e te rōpū e rapu ana i te rongoā nā te takahi i puta ai te mate. Arā, kāore e puta te mate mēnā ehara i te mea "engari mō" te takahi. Ko te tūnga a Mulalley, kāore e taea te whakatutuki i te whakamātautau "engari mō" nā te mea kua whakakapia tonutia te whakakikorua nā te mea kua rerekē te āhua o te haumaru ahi mai i te aituā o Grenfell.

Heoi, ko te tūnga a Martlet, ehara te whakamātautau ture tika i te whakamātautau "engari mō"; engari, me whakamahi te whakamātautau take "whai hua" ki tēnei take. I whakaae te Kōti ki a Martlet he tika te whakamātautau take whai hua i konei. Ahakoa me waiho te takahi hei take whai hua mō te mate, kāore i te tika kia waiho koia anake te take.

Te parepare "kei te kaha te katoa"

Ahakoa te tautohetohe a te Kōti mēnā i tutukihia ngā paerewa tika o taua wā, kāore i roa ki te whakakore i te whakapae a Mulalley he tikanga noa te whakamahi i te pūnaha StoTherm puta noa i te umanga, mā te whakahua i tētahi tauira e whakamahia whānuitia ana, arā , kāore te tangata whakapae e whakakorengia mā te whakaatu noa i te mangere o ētahi atu … [i] … pērā anō te mangere . [1]

Whakamutunga

Me arotake e ngā rōpū te whakataunga i tukuna ki Martlet, ā, kāore e kore ka whakaratohia he whakamarie ki ngā kaipupuri whare me ā rātou kairihi i roto i ngā tau kei te heke mai. I whakaaetia e te Kōti he whānuitanga nui o te uiuinga. Mena he taunakitanga tā te Kōti kāore i tutuki ngā paerewa mahi pai rawa atu o te umanga, ā, me i taea te mahi pai ake, ko te tūponotanga ka kitea e ngā kaimahi kirimana rātou anō kei te taha hinga o te nuinga o ēnei kereme. Ko te tikanga, he mea motuhake ki ngā meka ia take – engari ina uru atu ki ēnei tautohe, ā, ina pā ki ngā kōti, he pai ake te kī atu kia karohia te parepare e mea ana ko ētahi atu katoa kei te mahi i tēnā.

Ngā Tohutoro

[1] Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957] 1 WLR 582.

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