‘Details of the poor care received by a 66-year-old diabetic patient who died at the scandal-hit Stafford hospital have emerged as the trust responsible is set to be sentenced over its failings.’
The Guardian, 21st February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A family injured when the Apollo Theatre ceiling collapsed is suing the theatre’s owners for compensation.’
BBC News, 7th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former nursery worker has been acquitted over the death of a three-year-old girl in her care. Lydia Bishop got her neck caught in a rope on an outdoor slide in September 2012, on what was her first full day at York College nursery. Sophee Redhead, 25, of York, had denied manslaughter by gross negligence.’
BBC News, 6th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The disputed suggestion drunkenness among fans played a part in the Hillsborough disaster will be explored again in new inquests, lawyers for senior police officers have said.’
BBC News, 5th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published new guidance on what the law requires of both employers and employees when people are working at height.’
OUT-LAW.com. 31st January 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘On the 24th January 2014 the First-Tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care)(Mental Health) published its reasons for the Tribunal’s decision regarding Mr Brady’s application for discharge which had received wide-ranging media attention at the latter end of 2013. Mr Brady’s application was to be discharged from Ashworth High Secure Hospital and be returned to prison. There was no possibility of him being discharged directly into the community by the Tribunal. He is now 75 years old.’
Sovereign Chambers, 29th January 2014
Source: www.sovereignchambers.co.uk
‘Moors murderer Ian Brady’s bid to be transferred from hospital to jail was rejected for his own health and safety, a judge said on Friday.’
The Guardian, 24th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A rail firm has been told a £500,000 fine imposed after a boy was seriously injured in a crash on a Suffolk level crossing could have been much higher.’
BBC News, 17th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man in charge of a fireworks display held on the night of a motorway crash in which seven people died has been cleared of breaching health and safety laws.’
BBC News, 10th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Smith v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change [2013] EWCA Civ 1585; [2013] WLR (D) 473
‘In order for the court to have jurisdiction to make an order under CPR r 31.16 for disclosure before proceedings had started, it was not a requirement that the applicant have an arguable case in those proceedings.’
WLR Daily, 5th December 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A glue manufacturer has been fined more than £173,000 after a worker died when he was impaled on the prongs of a forklift truck.’
BBC News, 6th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
’25-year-old had claimed his injury in June 2009 was caused by a breach of duty of care or negligence on the part of Rose Bruford College in Sidcup.’
The Independent, 6th December 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A second criminal inquiry into the death of a patient at scandal-hit Stafford Hospital is under way.’
BBC News, 3rd December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Wales has become the first part of the UK to force food outlets to prominently display food hygiene ratings. The new law, which came into force on Thursday, builds on a voluntary scheme, known as “scores on the doors”.’
BBC News, 28th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A water sports centre has pleaded guilty to corporate manslaughter after an 11-year-old girl died after falling from an inflatable banana boat ride.’
BBC News, 22nd November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Student Andrew Risk, who was paralysed after diving into 2ft of water, sues Rose Bruford drama school for ‘failing to control high jinx at summer ball’.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Dress codes in the workplace are not uncommon. Most Employers have a certain standard of dress in the workplace, whether enforced through contractual terms or through customary practices. More recently, we have seen informal advice given by senior solicitors to new female recruits at Berwin Leighton. The advice was addressed specifically at women.”
No. 5 Chambers, 7th November 2013
Source: www.no5.com
“The HSE has ordered the MoD to take action to deal with risks on exercises after the deaths of three Army reservists on SAS selection tests in the Brecon Beacons.”
BBC News, 13th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The High Court was wrong to state that a Barbados hotel had to comply with the latest safety standards on an ongoing basis in order for a tour operator to escape liability for injury to a holidaymaker, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th November 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“A holidaymaker who suffered life-threatening cuts after walking into a plate glass door in her bikini has fought off a bid to strip her of her damages award, in what it has been desribed as a serious blow to the UK travel industry.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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