Most homeowners don’t realise it, but once you start building work — even a home renovation — you’re bound by CDM 2015 Regulations.
And if your project hits certain thresholds, you’re legally required to submit an F10 notification to the HSE.
Miss it, and you could be breaking the law without even knowing.
A plumber from Suffolk who conned vulnerable customers out of £30,000 and left them with unsafe and unfinished work has been jailed. Grant Phillips, 45, of Heron Road, Ipswich, admitted to fraudulent trading and was sentenced to 26 months in prison at Ipswich Crown Court. Between April 2021 and October 2023, Phillips took payments from …






