Once you bring a safety issue to the attention of the relevant parties, they have to show that they have acted upon that information within a reasonable time period.
Rather like when you inform a local council authority of say a broken pavement, they have to deal with it within a reasonably period because they then are aware of the potential danger.
Before that it's difficult to prove negligence through ignorance.
There are certain councils that ignore this and leave themselves open to prosecution and claims because they've worked out it's cheaper than insurance!
A coroner can get action but I wouldn't like it to be under those circumstances although that is probably what will happen.
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