Barnsley Bate have been contacted by various different Trading Standards Offices throughout the midlands area, to give thanks for the expert witness statements with regards to Rogue and Cowboy builders.
Barnsley Bate UK Building Surveyor have also assisted in uncovering fraud and conspiracy case, where Sandwell Council which fund Annie Lennard Primary had been the victim. Click here for more information relating to this via an article in the Express and Star.
Other Cases include
- a 55-year-old bodger has received a five-month prison sentence suspended for two years after admitting two charges of unfair trading through lack of due diligence between November 1 2016 and March 31 2017. Click here for more information relating to this via an article in the Express and Star.
- Rogue builder jailed after £23k fraud after flooding home, has started a 15-month jail sentence. Click here for more information relating to this via an article in the Express and Star.
- Convicted cowboy roofer faces jail after admitting latest con over £750. The crimes have all been uncovered by Wolverhampton Trading Standards investigators who believe he is a serial rogue trader. Click here for more information relating to this via an article in the Express and Star.
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Builder whose ‘dire’ work left family with sloping roof, live electrics and an extension two feet short is jailed. He left so much damage the family needs more than £30,000 to fix it. Click here for more information relating to this via an article in the Leicester Mercury.
- A rogue trader who left a Wolverhampton family with a dangerous and near worthless extension on the verge of collapse has been sentenced to 6 months in prison.
Trading Standards employed building surveyor, Derek Bate from Barnsley Bate to assess the property. Mr Bate found Roberts’ work to be wholly inadequate, of little to no value, in breach of Building Regulations and in real risk of collapse. Click here for the full report
We are pleased to have assisted Trading Standards as expert witnesses in regard to these cases.
