A London property developer has been fined £40,000 after a member of the public was crushed by a faulty falling lift at a residential property.
The 23-year-old man had returned to the flats on Cambridge Heath Road, east London, with a group of friends after a night out on 9 September 2019.
When he and seven others entered the lift on the ground floor, it began to shudder and descend with the doors still open. As it began to fall, the man attempted to exit the lift, but was crushed between the ground floor and the top of the lift.
His injuries were so serious that he eventually required a liver transplant.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that Nofax Enterprises Ltd, which acted as the property manager for the five-storey block of flats, failed to act when defects with the lift were identified by a third party.
The company pleaded guilty to breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and was fined £40,000 at Southwark Crown Court on 22 July 2025. It was also ordered to pay £8,540 in costs.
