Shouts of 'It's a disgrace!' disrupted the Grenfell Tower inquiry this morning minutes after it began.
Other protesters asked "have you sold your soul yet, Sir Martin", a reference to the inquiry chair.
People were heard shouting "what's the point", "why don't you ask the corporates to leave", "it's a disgrace" and "what's the f ** point", as inquiry chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick invited Andrzej Kuszell, director of Studio E architects, to start giving evidence.
Speaking as the hearing resumed following the interruption, a member of the public in the room said: "These people are not bereaved and survivors."
Sir Martin responded: "I don't know who they are, I recognise most of the faces I see in front of me, and I'm very pleased to see you here every day and I know how strongly you all feel about this."
The chairman of the inquiry also said: "I was slightly surprised because, during the phase one hearings I was very impressed by the way in which everyone listened to the witnesses in a respectful and dignified way.
"Obviously, you may hear things that you don't like to hear, and people may feel strongly about some of the evidence but it's very important [...] that the witnesses are allowed to give their evidence with dignity and respect from everyone."
The inquiry previously heard building control should never have signed off the tower's refurbishment.
A lawyer for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) issued an “unreserved apology” to victims of the deadly blaze, after owning up to a string of failings including not asking for full details of the cladding.
RBKC counsel James Maxwell Scott QC told the inquiry: “The council has identified a number of failings in the way its building control services processed and considered the application for building control approval during the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower.
“On behalf of the council, it apologises unreservedly for those failings.”
He added: “Grenfell Tower is a tragedy which should never have happened.
"This council could have done and should have done more to stop it happening.”
In a shocking list of admissions, he said the council’s building control had failed to ask for comprehensive details of the cladding system and decorative crown that have since been found to be primary causes of the fire’s spread.
It also failed to identify that the insulation and materials used in the cladding were combustible and failed to meet building standards, and further failed to request an up to date fire safety strategy report in the later stages of the project.
