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Enforcement · 12 October 2026 · Wirral Borough Council

Landlord fined £2,400 for eight years without gas safety checks

Adam Evans, landlord of property in Wirral, pleaded guilty to breaching gas safety regulations. He failed to arrange annual safety checks for eight years while tenant with five children occupied the property. Fined £2,400 and ordered to pay £5,000 costs at Wirral Magistrates' Court on 8 October 2025.

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Summarised from the official record linked above; figures are as the source states them. Added 13 October 2026.

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