Grenfell tenant firm faces corporate manslaughter charge as CPS receives files on 54 people and 20 organisations

From the Newshound archive · first published 1 October 2026.

The Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation has confirmed it is facing a corporate manslaughter charge, nine years on from the fire that killed 72 people. Scotland Yard has passed Crown Prosecution Service evidence files covering 54 individuals and 20 organisations. Among the potential charges are gross negligence manslaughter, fraud, health and safety offences, and misconduct in public office. The CPS has pledged to announce its charging decisions ahead of the disaster's tenth anniversary in June 2027.

Kensington and Chelsea Council has also been referred for corporate manslaughter; its leader Elizabeth Campbell said: 'We have accepted the Council's failings.'

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Kevin Southworth called the handover 'a milestone moment' in what he described as one of the most complex investigations any UK law enforcement agency has ever undertaken.

A public inquiry found that all 72 deaths were avoidable and that residents had been 'badly failed' by authorities — in some cases through 'dishonesty and greed'.