“David Cameron today announced plans to cap lawyers’ fees from personal injury claims at £25,000. Speaking to an audience of small companies, the prime minister launched an attack on the so-called compensation culture and blamed it for holding back the growth of UK businesses.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 5th January 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“David Cameron said the move would provide protection for employers facing claims over workplace accidents and help end a ‘culture of fear’ among businesses over health and safety. Insurance companies suggested the change could lead to reduced premiums for motorists by reducing the number of ‘friviolous’ damages claims arising from traffic accidents. Existing limits on legal fees in personal injury cases will now be extended to claims for up to £25,000, officials said. For the first time, caps on lawyers’ fees will also apply to claims brought against employers.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Tissue maker Kimberly-Clark has been fined £180,000 over the death of a worker at its plant in Cumbria.”
BBC News, 15th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Irresponsible workers who are injured at work because of their own mistakes should not be able to sue their employers for damages, a review of health and safety rules will say next week.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Network Rail is to be prosecuted over the deaths of two teenagers at a level crossing, the father of one of the girls has said.”
The Guardian, 25th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A firm has been fined after a construction worker was badly burnt when he struck an underground cable while drilling to put up a sign.”
BBC News, 16th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Berry v Star Autos Ltd and others [2011] EWCA Civ 1304; [2011] WLR (D) 327
“On a claim to which there were two or more defendants the court had power to order an interim payment under CPR r 25.7(1)(e) if it were satisfied that at least one of the defendants against whom the application for interim payment was being made would be held liable and each of those defendants was insured; the fact that there might be another defendant who was not insured was immaterial.”
WLR Daily, 10th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Compensation payments for workplace accidents could be cut under a government drive to reduce the cost of red tape to businesses.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A power cut during the night killed a man with muscular dystrophy as nursing home staff were unable to connect a back-up power supply, an inquest heard.”
BBC News, 19th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The UK Supreme Court has backed the right of people in Scotland to claim damages for the asbestos-related condition pleural plaques.”
BBC News, 12th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A court’s decision to award £50,000 compensation to a schoolboy rugby player after he was injured by on-field debris has sparked calls for judges to ‘live in a realistic world.'”
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Lessons should be learned after a maintenance worker drowned at a Flintshire power station, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) says.”
BBC News, 21st September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A firm which admitted safety failures over the death of a worker at its Slough factory has been fined £200,000.”
BBC News, 9th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A health board is unlikely to face prosecution over whether up to 30 people were exposed to asbestos at Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth.”
BBC News, 12th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Levels of self-harm and self-inflicted deaths were high and there was abusive language from staff to prisoners.”
The Independent, 10th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided that George Collier should be charged with gross negligence manslaughter in relation to the death of Meg Burgess on 26 July 2008 in Prestatyn, Wales.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 5th August 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“A company director faces a manslaughter charge after a three-year-old girl died when a wall collapsed on a footpath in Denbighshire.”
BBC News, 5th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ministers have been warned they risk inviting a raft of claims by loosening health and safety legislation.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd August 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Two companies have been fined a total of £75,000 after a man was dragged through a 5in (13cm) gap in machinery.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The National Trust was not to blame for the death of an 11-year-old schoolboy fatally crushed by a branch in woods in Norfolk, the High Court has decided.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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