Category: health & safety

Brumder v Motornet Service and Repairs Ltd and another – WLR Daily

Posted March 18th, 2013 in appeals, company directors, health & safety, law reports, personal injuries, statutory duty by sally

Brumder v Motornet Service and Repairs Ltd and another [2013] EWCA Civ 195; [2013] WLR (D) 102

“In a personal injury claim, it did not lie in the mouth of a claimant who was a defendant company’s sole director and shareholder to assert that the company had not proved that it had done all it could to ensure compliance with safety regulations when it was only through the claimant that the company could act. In such a case the company would be entitled to raise a defence to that effect.”

WLR Daily, 14th March 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

£1million compensation for man who fell in pothole – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 15th, 2013 in compensation, health & safety, news, personal injuries, roads by tracey

“A man who suffered a brain injury after tripping in a pothole has won an
estimated an estimated £1 million in damages.”

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Daily Telegraph, 15th March 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

British soldier Michael Maguire was unlawfully killed, inquest rules – The Guardian

Posted March 13th, 2013 in armed forces, firearms, health & safety, inquests, news, unlawful killing by sally

“A soldier was unlawfully killed when he was hit in the head by a machine-gun bullet as he rested in a supposedly safe area next to a firing range, an inquest jury has ruled.”

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The Guardian, 13th March 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Runaway Tube train: Operators fined £300,000 – BBC News

Posted March 1st, 2013 in fines, health & safety, news, railways by tracey

“Three transport companies have been fined £300,000 after a runaway train came
within 2,000ft (600m) of crashing into a packed tube train.”

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BBC News, 28th February 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Lord Justice Goldring to act as coroner for Hillsborough inquests – Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted February 13th, 2013 in coroners, health & safety, inquests, news, sport, victims by sally

“Lord Justice Goldring has been appointed by the Coroners for the South Yorkshire (East) and the West Yorkshire (West) Districts as an Assistant Deputy Coroner for the purpose of conducting the inquests into the deaths of the 96 people in the Hillsborough disaster.”

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Judiciary of England and Wales, 13th February 2013

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Chimney sweep Philip Jones fined £5,000 over Derwyn Rees’s death – BBC News

Posted February 12th, 2013 in fines, health & safety, news, unlawful killing by tracey

“A sweep who did not remove a bird’s nest blocking a chimney flue has been fined £5,000 over the death of an ex-miner from carbon monoxide poisoning.”

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BBC News, 11th February 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

May Lewis Cardiff lift death: Unlawful killing verdict – BBC News

Posted February 4th, 2013 in disabled persons, health & safety, negligence, news, residential care, unlawful killing by tracey

“An inquest jury has returned a verdict of unlawful killing on a 96-year-old woman in a wheelchair who died in a lift shaft fall.”

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BBC News, 1st February 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Mainetti UK ordered to pay £81,600 over conveyor worker’s injuries – BBC News

Posted January 17th, 2013 in accidents, costs, fines, health & safety, news by sally

“A firm has been ordered to pay £81,600 after a worker was injured when her hair and scarf became tangled in machinery.”

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BBC News, 17th January 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Manslaughter charges dropped over firework display near M5 pileup – The Guardian

Posted January 16th, 2013 in accidents, health & safety, homicide, news, prosecutions, road safety by sally

“Manslaughter charges have been dropped against a man who organised a fireworks display next to the site of a motorway pileup that killed seven people.”

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The Guardian, 15th January 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Government to pay legal fees for families of Hillsborough victims – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 20th, 2012 in health & safety, inquests, legal aid, news, sport, victims by tracey

“The Government will fund legal representation for the families of the 96 Liverpool fans killed in the Hillsborough disaster at the new inquest ordered into their deaths.”

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Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Hillsborough inquest verdicts set to be quashed – The Guardian

Posted December 19th, 2012 in evidence, health & safety, inquests, judicial review, news, police, sport by sally

“The high court is being asked to quash the original accidental death inquest verdicts returned after 96 Liverpool football fans died in the crush at Hillsborough 23 years ago.”

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The Guardian, 19th December 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Hillsborough inquests: attorney general moves to quash original verdicts – The Guardian

Posted December 11th, 2012 in health & safety, inquests, news, sport by sally

“The families of 96 Liverpool fans who died at Hillsborough in 1989 hailed the announcement yesterday that an application has been lodged by the attorney general to have the original inquests into the disaster quashed in the high court.”

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The Guardian, 10th December 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Wildlife park run by TV presenter and husband fined £70,000 – The Guardian

Posted November 23rd, 2012 in animals, fines, health & safety, news by tracey

“A wildlife park run by TV presenter Anna Ryder Richardson and her husband has been fined £70,000 for health and safety breaches. Colin MacDougall, 46, the interior designer’s husband, was fined a further £4,000 for two identical breaches.”

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The Guardian, 22nd November 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Hillsborough: Application to quash inquests next month – BBC News

Posted November 20th, 2012 in health & safety, inquests, news, public interest, sport by sally

“An application to quash the Hillsborough inquest verdicts will be made next month, the Attorney General has announced.”

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BBC News, 20th November 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Injured workers face tougher battle for compensation under government plans – The Guardian

Posted November 9th, 2012 in bills, compensation, health & safety, insurance, negligence, news, personal injuries, strict liability by tracey

“Personal injury lawyer says bill making workers prove company negligence favours insurance industry at expense of taxpayer.”

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The Guardian, 8th November 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Human rights victory for BNP bus driver – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted November 7th, 2012 in employment, freedom of expression, health & safety, human rights, news, political opinion discrimination, unfair dismissal by sally

“The BNP has been a relentless opponent of Human Rights Act and its manifesto for the 2010 General Election made no less than three separate declarations of its intention to scrap the Act and abrogate the European Convention of Human Rights which it described charmingly as being, ‘exploited to abuse Britain’s hospitality by the world’s scroungers.'”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 6th November 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Policies or Aims, Obnoxious or Otherwise – Employment Law Blog

Posted November 7th, 2012 in employment, freedom of expression, health & safety, human rights, news, political opinion discrimination, unfair dismissal by sally

“The European Court of Human Rights today released its judgment in the case of Redfearn v UK, and held that the UK had failed through its domestic law adequately to protect the right of Mr Redfearn, a British National Party councillor, to freedom of association under Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”

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Employment Law Blog, 6th November 2012

Source: www.employment11kbw.com

Hillsborough: Attorney general replies to Anne Williams plea – BBC News

Posted November 6th, 2012 in attorney general, health & safety, inquests, news, sport by sally

“The attorney general has vowed to urgently apply for a new inquest for Hillsborough victim Kevin Williams after learning his mother has cancer.”

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BBC News, 5th November 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Workers’ rights on health and safety to be scaled down – The Independent

Posted November 5th, 2012 in bills, employment, health & safety, negligence, news, personal injuries, strict liability by sally

“Injured workers will be forced to prove that their employer was directly to blame for their accident before they are eligible for compensation under tough new legislation which critics allege will scale back workers’ rights to those of ‘Victorian times’.”

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The Independent, 3rd November 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Government orders building standards review – The Guardian

Posted October 29th, 2012 in budgets, construction industry, health & safety, housing, local government, news, regulations by sally

“Regulations covering building standards, including fire safety and wheelchair access, could be torn up in a government plan to cut costs for the construction industry and boost the economy.”

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The Guardian, 26th October 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk