The families of three victims of the Grenfell Tower fire have supported a formal complaint to the Architects Registration Board (ARB) against architectural firm Studio E, involved in the building’s refurbishment.
Delivered by the Good Law Project, the letter accuses Studio E of negligence and calls for accountability.
A public inquiry into the 2017 disaster, which claimed 72 lives, found Studio E bore “a very significant degree of responsibility.”
Despite this, the firm’s architects remain registered, prompting criticism from bereaved families and campaigners.
The families of Amna Mahmoud Idris, Amal Ahmedin, and three-year-old Amaya Tuccu-Ahmedin, who died on the tower’s 19th floor, submitted a joint statement:
“These architects were responsible for the architectural safety of our and our families’ homes. Yet none of their partners or employees had the relevant knowledge, experience or skills needed to work on a high-rise cladding project. They let us and our loved ones down.”
The Good Law Project, supported by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and Grenfell Community Campaigners, hopes the ARB’s decision will set a precedent, enabling residents in other unsafe buildings to file complaints against architects involved in similar projects.
Bekah Sparrow, legal manager at the Good Law Project, criticized the ARB’s lack of visible action since the inquiry concluded:
“It’s been seven and a half years since the fire, and those architects are still on the register. We haven’t seen any action from the regulator at all.”
The ARB confirmed that formal investigations began after phase two of the inquiry but declined to discuss specific details, citing the complexity of the case and the risk of prejudicing potential criminal proceedings.
Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, called the Grenfell disaster a “complete failure of regulation” in building safety:
“The architects were exposed in the inquiry as a firm with no experience or knowledge of this type of work… and they need to be held to account.”
The ARB stated that investigations could lead to reprimands, fines, suspensions, or removal from the architects’ register if disciplinary breaches are confirmed.
The affected families continue to seek justice, stressing that while accountability may come, their loss is irreparable.
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