In this week’s Law in Action we tell the cheesy story of the 6-year-old boy excluded from school because of the salted snack in his lunch box. We ask what the law has to say about this – can a child be excluded because of what his or her parents have done?
BBC Law in Action, 17th February 2015
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‘The family of a man found dead in a concrete mixer in Essex has been awarded £12,000 in compensation.’
BBC News, 30th January 2015
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‘A pub chef and his manager have both been jailed after a Christmas dinner served at their restaurant left a mother dead and dozens of other diners ill with food poisoning.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A butcher has been fined £3,000 after a teenage apprentice’s hand was chopped off in a mincing machine.’
BBC News, 21st January 2015
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‘A holidaymaker who sustained personal injuries from slipping on a wet staircase in a hotel in Spain succeeded at first instance in a claim against the holiday operator. The Court of Appeal overturned the first instance decision where there had been no evidence of local standards of care and the judge had wrongly imposed an evidential burden of proof on the holiday company to prove it exercised reasonable care and skill in performance of the contract.’
Zenith PI Blog, 13th January 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘The successful prosecution of a firm for corporate manslaughter following the death of a worker who had become trapped in an industrial oven demonstrates the need for firms to ensure that health and safety risks are properly managed, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th January 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Chessington World of Adventures has been fined £150,000 for safety breaches after a four-year-old girl suffered head injuries in a 14ft (4.2m) fall.’
BBC News, 12th January 2015
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‘An NHS trust was fined £180,000 before Christmas after a patient suffered severe burns from a warming mattress.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th January 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A theatre where a stage manager was paralysed in a fall through an unmarked balcony door on to the stage below has been fined £20,000.’
BBC News, 15th December 2014
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‘Two men who faced health and safety charges over the death of a factory worker in an industrial oven have had the case against them dropped.’
BBC News, 15th December 2014
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‘R (on the application of the European Federation for Cosmetic Ingredients) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Attorney General, British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection and the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (intervening) [2014] EWHC 4222 (Admin) 12 December 2014. Conscientious shoppers who check the labelling of shampoos and other cosmetic products for the “not tested on animals” legend may not be aware that there is in place an EU Regulation (“the Cosmetics Regulation”), enforceable by criminal sanctions, prohibiting the placing on the market of any product that has been tested on laboratory animals. Any comfort drawn from this knowledge however may be displaced by the uncertainty concerning the status of cosmetics whose ingredients have been tested on animals in non-EU or “third” countries. (Incidentally the Cruelty Cutter app is designed to enable consumers to test, at the swipe of a smart phone, whether the product they are contemplating purchasing has been tested on animals.)’
UK Human RIghts Blog, 12th December 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A stage manager for an award-winning theatre company, left paralysed after walking through an unmarked backstage door into “thin air” and falling three metres, has been awarded £3.7m in compensation, in one of the biggest payouts in the UK entertainment sector.’
The Guardian, 11th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Restaurants and takeaways across Europe will be required by law to tell customers if their food contains ingredients known to trigger allergies.’
BBC News, 12th December 2014
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‘The purpose of the Reservoirs Act 1975 was not to mitigate the effect of water escape from large raised reservoirs but rather to prevent such escape and to avert the potential danger to persons and property from an escape.’
WLR Daily, 28th November 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘So far, commentators have focused on the interplay between clinical negligence law and the Duty of Candour. But the latest requirements also have important repercussions for those in regulated professions such as doctors and nurses and their employment relationships. In this article, we look at steps which employers should now consider in light of the new Duty of Candour.’
Cloisters, 1st December 2014
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘In the advice from the Government’s health agency, managers will be asked to spot sudden shifts in behaviour, or changes to clothing and appearance which may disguise bruising, and are to be encouraged to approach staff sensitively and offer help.’
The Independent, 21st November 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Proposed sentencing guidelines have been published today which will assist sentencers dealing with corporate manslaughter, health and safety and food safety and hygiene offences.’
Sentencing Council, 13th November 2014
‘The Government has accepted the majority of the reforms to level crossing law recommended by the Law Commission and Scottish Law Commission, and has committed to review the remainder.’
Law Commission, 5th November 2014
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
‘Whilst the caselaw suggests that a defence of ‘reasonable practicability’ in an employers liability claim will often be difficult for a Defendant to make out, a recent High Court decision is a reminder that such a defence can succeed in appropriate circumstances.’
Zenith PI Blog, 6th November 2014
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Compensation payouts to miners suffering from noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) are rising sharply, government figures have shown.’
Litigation Futures, 20th October 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
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