TTN Webinar: 14th November 2024, 1pm-2pm

'Fire safety: protecting your school and the people in it'

Charlotte Wood, Eversheds-Sutherland

The Environment Health and Safety Team at Eversheds Sutherland has experience of providing fire safety risk management legal support to clients in the education sector such as providing advice on duties under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, guidance on changes to legislation and the impact on the sector as well as advising organisations when they are subject of enforcement action.  

The session, which is presented by Charlotte Wood, Principal Associate will guide you through the legislative framework to equip you with the knowledge and insights needed to navigate through the legal duties to support your organisational understanding of the requirements.  During the session, it will look at: 

1. Understanding the legal fundamentals under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. 

2. The Building Safety Act 2022 – changes introduced and the impact. 

3. Enforcement, sanctions and risk of non-compliance. 

'Tree surveys and tree safety - what schools need to know'

Alistair Godfrey, Ligna Consultancy

Schools have a legal duty of care to ensure that a reasonable attempt has been made to protect any person from incurring harm as a result of their property. If trees are not properly managed, they can develop problems that could present a risk of harm to the people around them. Ligna consultancy will talk us through how school estate managers can fully understand and meet this obligation by establishing a tree management strategy for their school sites.