City exec plumbers over £1m home 'that made her family seriously ill'

A former high-flying City executive has launched a legal claim against the plumbers who fitted out her new home and the developers who sold it to her, claiming the £1 million house made her and her family seriously ill.

Danielle Mensah, 45, spent two decades in finance as an international senior trader, and was named as one of the top 100 women in the City.

But after moving into a luxury detached five-bedroom, four-bathroom home in Beckenham, Kent, she and her family say they became ill with a cocktail of mental and physical symptoms.

According to their case, they have been diagnosed with chronic inflammatory response syndrome (CIRS) as a result of exposure to toxins in their home.

While CIRS is not a formal diagnosis in mainstream medicine, the symptoms and underlying issues it causes are recognized.