Overview
- Liverpool City Council disclosed Wednesday it will prosecute two Britannia Hotels companies over alleged health and safety breaches, with a first hearing expected on May 7 at Liverpool Magistrates' Court.
- The legal action follows the September 2022 death of 21-year-old Chloe Haynes at the Adelphi Hotel, which Merseyside Police later classified as an accident.
- Council Environmental Health spot checks soon after the death led to prohibition notices addressing the safety of wardrobes and the condition of windows at the property.
- According to reports of the regulatory follow-up, Britannia submitted evidence of remedial work that led the council to drop the wardrobe notices, while a window-related notice was affirmed.
- Britannia says it is cooperating with the process and has declined further comment, and authorities have not yet published the specific charges.