Restaurant fined after peanut allergy teen suffered shock – BBC News
‘A restaurant operator who served a curry containing nuts to a woman with an allergy has been fined.’
BBC News, 27th October 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: allergies
Pret allergy death: Parents welcome Natasha’s allergy law – BBC News
‘The parents of a teenager who died after an allergic reaction to a Pret A Manger baguette have welcomed the introduction of a UK law in her name.’
BBC News, 1st October 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Byron burger death: No damages payout for Owen Carey’s family – BBC News
‘The family of a teenager who died after unwittingly eating food he was allergic to at a Byron Burger restaurant say they do not feel properly compensated.’
BBC News, 6th May 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Pret A Manger cleared of allergy offence after student’s collapse – BBC News
‘Pret A Manger has been found not guilty of a food safety offence after a student suffered a severe allergic reaction.’
BBC News, 4th May 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Pret allergy death: Parents ‘delighted’ by ‘Natasha’s law’ plan – BBC News
‘A law protecting allergy sufferers will be introduced following the death of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse.’
BBC News, 25th June 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Takeaway boss has two-year manslaughter sentence overturned after death of schoolgirl with nut allergy – Daily Telegraph
‘A takeaway boss found guilty of the manslaughter of a schoolgirl who suffered an allergic reaction to a meal containing peanut proteins has won an appeal against his conviction.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th May 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Food outlets ‘should list all ingredients’ says food agency – BBC News
‘Food outlets should list all ingredients in order to protect customers with allergies, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has proposed. The FSA has recommended ministers adopt strict new rules, which include highlighting the 14 major allergens.’
BBC News, 8th May 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Discrimination: ‘I can’t take your guide dog, I’ve got an allergy’ – BBC News
‘Discrimination against people with assistance dogs happens more often than you might imagine, and it never gets easier. BBC journalist Damon Rose tells his own story.’
BBC News, 6th February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UK consulting on overhaul of allergen labelling laws – OUT-LAW.com
‘The UK government has announced a consultation into the rules governing allergen information on food which is prepacked and ready to eat.’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th January 2019
Source: www.out-law.com
Tougher food labelling proposed to prevent allergy deaths – Daily Telegraph
‘The Government has set out new proposals to toughen food labelling laws and protect the two million food allergy suffers across the country. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has launched a consultation into food labelling laws focusing on overhauling the labelling of pre-prepared foods such as sandwiches and salads which are made, packaged and sold in the same stores.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th January 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Takeaway bosses jailed for death of teenage nut allergy sufferer – Daily Telegraph
‘Two takeaway bosses have been jailed over the manslaughter of a 15-year-old girl who suffered an allergic reaction to a meal.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Megan Lee: Pair guilty of girl’s takeaway allergy death – BBC News
‘Two men have been found guilty of the manslaughter of a 15-year-old girl who suffered an allergic reaction to a takeaway meal.’
BBC News, 26th October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Partial relief from sanction for claimant who submitted partial budget – Litigation Futures
‘A claimant who submitted a budget that did not include figures for trial preparation or trial has won relief from a decision that limited the entire budget to court fees only – but only for those parts of the budget that were completed.’
Litigation Futures, 17th October 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Pret allergy death: Government to review food labelling law – BBC News
‘The prime minister has called for a review of food labelling laws after a teenager died from an allergic reaction to a Pret a Manger sandwich.’
BBC News, 2nd October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Peanut curry death: Mohammed Zaman fails in appeal bid – BBC News
‘A restaurant owner who was jailed after a customer died from an allergic reaction to a curry has failed in a bid to have his conviction overturned.’
BBC News, 9th November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Take allergies seriously or face jail’ says CPS after curry house owner convicted of manslaughter – Daily Telegraph
‘Food businesses have been warned by the CPS to take allergies seriously or face jail, after a restaurateur was imprisoned for six years for killing a customer by selling him a curry.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd May 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Woman who ‘cannot work because of a shoe allergy’ sees benefits stopped – Daily Telegraph
“A woman who claimed £100,000 in disability benefits because of a shoe allergy must return to work, officials say.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Coeliac sufferer made ‘violently sick’ at Jamie Oliver restaurant – Daily Telegraph
“Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s Italian restaurant chain was fined £8,000 after a woman who told staff three times she was allergic to gluten was served wheat pasta.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Bhamra v Dubb – WLR Daily
Bhamra v Dubb [2010] EWCA Civ 13; [2010] WLR (D) 10
“A caterer, who had supplied a dish for guests at a Sikh wedding knowing that the recipe could sometimes contain egg, a food prohibited by the Sikh religion, owed a duty of care to a guest who was allergic to eggs and subsequently died after eating the dish served. Such a conclusion was justified on the basis of well established principles of proximity, and after invoking CPR r 52.11(4) to enable the Court of Appeal to draw such inferences as were justified on the evidence where the judge below had not made a critical finding of fact.”
WLR Daily, 28th January 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
£415,000 damages over egg allergy death – The Independent
“A caterer who supplied a dessert containing eggs at a Sikh wedding must pay £415,000 damages to the widow of a man who died from an allergic reaction, the Court of Appeal ruled today.”
The Independent, 20th January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
