Camden council makes £130m High Court claim against tower block contractors

Chalcots Estate

Legal action centres on Chalcots Estate evacuation in June 2017

Camden council is seeking £130m of damages from a contractor and subcontractors over fire-safety remediation that it has had to carry out on four tower blocks.

The residents of Chalcots Estate were evacuated in June 2017 due to concerns about combustible aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding.

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