Category: health & safety

High Court judge explains £250k cost-capping order in PPE procurement proceedings – Local Government Lawyer

Posted May 12th, 2021 in competition, coronavirus, costs, government departments, health & safety, hospitals, news, public interest, public procurement by sally

‘A High Court judge has given her reasons for making a costs capping order of £250,000 in respect of both the claimants, the Good Law Project and EveryDoctor, and the defendant, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the procurement challenge over the award of contracts for the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE).’

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Local Government Lawyer, 10th May 2021

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

How will the new UK residential property developer tax work? – Practical Law: Construction Blog

Posted May 10th, 2021 in accidents, construction industry, consultations, fire, government departments, health & safety, news, taxation by tracey

‘On 29 April 2021, the government published a consultation on what is to be called the Residential Property Developer Tax (or RPDT). This sets out proposals for the design of a new tax to be charged on the largest residential property developers.’

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Practical Law: Construction Blog , 5th May 2021

Source: constructionblog.practicallaw.com

Dangerous eBay listings can be removed by regulators – BBC News

Posted May 10th, 2021 in consumer protection, health & safety, internet, news, ombudsmen, sale of goods by tracey

‘Online seller eBay says it is handing regulators the power to take down dangerous listings without consulting the company.’

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BBC News, 10th May 2021

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Byron burger death: No damages payout for Owen Carey’s family – BBC News

Posted May 7th, 2021 in allergies, compensation, coroners, damages, families, food, health & safety, inquests, labelling, news by sally

‘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.’

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BBC News, 6th May 2021

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Face masks in schools: Schoolgirl loses court fight – BBC News

Posted May 6th, 2021 in coronavirus, health & safety, news, protective equipment, school children by sally

‘A girl has lost a High Court battle to prevent her school from “requiring or encouraging” pupils to wear a face mask.’

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BBC News, 5th May 2021

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Pret A Manger cleared of allergy offence after student’s collapse – BBC News

Posted May 5th, 2021 in allergies, food, health & safety, labelling, news by sally

‘Pret A Manger has been found not guilty of a food safety offence after a student suffered a severe allergic reaction.’

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BBC News, 4th May 2021

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

New Acts – legislation.gov.uk

Posted May 4th, 2021 in aircraft, animals, children, drug abuse, education, fire, health & safety, legislation, libraries, prisons, rates, sentencing by tracey

2021 c. 24 – Fire Safety Act 2021

2021 c. 21 – Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021

2021 c. 20 – Education (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) Act 2021

2021 c. 19 – Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Act 2021

2021 c. 18 – Prisons (Substance Testing) Act 2021

2021 c. 16 – Education and Training (Welfare of Children) Act 2021

2021 c. 15 – British Library Board (Power to Borrow) Act 2021

2021 c. 13 – Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Act 2021

2021 c. 12 – Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021

2021 c. 10 – Trade Act 2021

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Grenfell: Government defeated on fire safety costs bill – BBC News

Posted April 28th, 2021 in accidents, bills, building law, fire, government departments, health & safety, housing, leases, news, parliament by sally

‘The government has been defeated for a fourth time on its Fire Safety Bill as the House of Lords voted to shield residents from fire safety work costs.’

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BBC News, 27th April 2021

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Report condemns Home Office failures at barracks used to house asylum seekers – The Guardian

Posted April 23rd, 2021 in asylum, coronavirus, detention, government departments, health & safety, immigration, news by sally

‘The full scale of Home Office failures in managing former military sites as makeshift accommodation for asylum seekers is laid bare in a raft of damning documents seen by the Guardian.’

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The Guardian, 23rd April 2021

Source: www.theguardian.com

Tesco fined £7.56m for selling out-of-date food in Birmingham – BBC News

Posted April 20th, 2021 in fines, food, food hygiene, health & safety, news by sally

‘Tesco has been fined £7.56m for selling out-of-date food at three stores in Birmingham.’

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BBC News, 19th April 2021

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Very large organisations could see fines for health and safety offences double – OUT-LAW.com

Posted April 19th, 2021 in appeals, company law, employment, fines, health & safety, news, proportionality by tracey

‘Very large organisations may see fines for health and safety breaches doubled, according to the Court of Appeal in England and Wales. There remains, however, no clear judicial guidance on what the threshold for “very large” looks like in practice.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 16th April 2021

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Harvey Tyrrell death: Pub owner jailed over boy’s electrocution death – BBC News

Posted April 16th, 2021 in causing death of children or vulnerable adults, children, energy, health & safety, homicide, imprisonment, licensed premises, news, sentencing by tracey

‘A pub owner has been jailed after admitting responsibility for the death of a seven-year-old boy who was electrocuted in a beer garden.’

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BBC News, 16th April 2021

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Covid-19 related absence dismissal was not automatically unfair – St Philips Barristers

Posted April 14th, 2021 in chambers articles, coronavirus, employment, employment tribunals, health & safety, news, unfair dismissal by sally

‘The Leeds Employment Tribunal has recently determined one of the first dismissals arising out of the coronavirus pandemic in Rogers v Leeds Laser Cuttings Ltd [2021] No. 1803829/2020, writes Jonathan Gidney.’

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St Philips Chambers, 25th March 2021

Source: st-philips.com

Vue admits health and safety charges over Star City cinema death – BBC News

Posted April 8th, 2021 in accidents, film industry, health & safety, inquests, news by sally

‘The Vue cinema chain has admitted two health and safety charges over the death of a man crushed under a motorised footrest.’

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BBC News, 7th April 2021

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Unlimited fines for those who breach fire safety regulations – Home Office

Posted March 22nd, 2021 in bills, building law, construction industry, fines, fire, government departments, health & safety, housing, news by tracey

‘Building owners could face unlimited fines following new measures being brought in to strengthen fire safety, the Home Office has announced today.’

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Home Office, 17th March 2021

Source: www.gov.uk

A brief update: COVID-19 related workplace disputes in Employment Tribunal – Parklane Plowden Chambers

Posted March 5th, 2021 in chambers articles, coronavirus, employment, employment tribunals, health & safety, news, unfair dismissal, vaccination by sally

‘As anticipated the start of 2021 has shown an increase in COVID-19 related claims being heard at employment tribunals. What type of claims have been heard so far and what should we expect to see more of?’

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Parklane Plowden Chambers, 1st March 2021

Source: www.parklaneplowden.co.uk

Mischief Wrought by Stephen Sedley – London Review of Books

Posted February 25th, 2021 in compensation, health & safety, human rights, news by sally

‘The​ United Kingdom has in recent years been blighted by a compensation culture generated by health and safety legislation and human rights laws and promoted by well-paid legal aid lawyers and credulous judges. We know these to be facts because newspapers and electronic media have exposed them fearlessly. David Cameron, when he was prime minister, was so concerned about the situation that he appointed the veteran Tory politician and entrepreneur Lord Young to report on the state of health and safety legislation and “the rise of the compensation culture over the last decade”. Young reported that the problem, fuelled as it was by media stories, was “one of perception rather than reality”. Nothing daunted, the prime minister wrote in his foreword to the report: “A damaging compensation culture has arisen …”‘

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London Review of Books, 4th March 2021

Source: www.lrb.co.uk

Landlords win appeals over “unfair” FTT proceedings where – in absence of hearing – criminal offences found to have been committed – Local Government Lawyer

Posted February 25th, 2021 in health & safety, houses in multiple occupation, news, penalties, rent, repayment, standard of proof by sally

‘Three private landlords have won appeals at the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) over whether the criminal standard of proof was met in rent disputes at the First Tier Tribunal (FTT).’

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Local Government Lawyer, 25th February 2021

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Harvey Tyrrell death: Electrician cleared over boy’s pub garden electrocution – BBC News

Posted February 17th, 2021 in accidents, causing death of children or vulnerable adults, children, health & safety, homicide, licensed premises, negligence, news by sally

‘An electrician has been cleared of killing a seven-year-old boy who was electrocuted by a set of poorly installed lights in a pub garden.’

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BBC News, 16th February 2021

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Supreme Court upholds registration of land in working port as town and village green – Local Government Lawyer

Posted February 15th, 2021 in appeals, commons, health & safety, land registration, local government, news, Supreme Court by sally

‘An area of concrete in a working commercial port was validly registered by a county council as a town and village green, the Supreme Court has ruled.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 12th February 2021

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk