Event Brief
Developer fined £1m after 130kg penthouse window killed
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 24, 2026 at 2:19 PM ET
Summary: A property developer, St James Group Ltd, was fined £1m after a 130kg window pane fell 26 storeys from The Corniche in Vauxhall and crushed coach driver Mick Ferris. The court heard a similar window fell in August 2017 but the design was not substantially changed, and Ferris’s death was described as preventable.
WHO: St James Group Ltd; Mick Ferris; Rachel Ferris
WHAT: St James Group Ltd was fined £1m after a luxury penthouse window pane fell and killed a coach driver.
WHEN: Oct 2, 2018
WHERE: Vauxhall, London, UK
WHY: The fine followed the fatal collapse of a 130kg window pane from the same development, with the court hearing a prior similar incident in August 2017 did not lead to substantial design changes.
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