“A further legal challenge has been launched against the Government’s decision to proceed with the proposed £33 billion High Speed 2 network, which will provide high speed rail links between major cities in the UK.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Campaigners against the HS2 rail scheme have confirmed they will make two court bids to halt the £33bn project.”
BBC News, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Network Rail has been fined £1m after admitting health and safety breaches over the deaths of two girls at an Essex level crossing. Friends Olivia Bazlinton, 14, and Charlotte Thompson, 13, were hit by a train in December 2005 as they crossed the railway line at Elsenham station and died instantly.”
BBC News, 15th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The ‘great earthquake’ that ‘rent the whole neighbourhood’ was recorded by Charles Dickens in Dombey and Son when a railway first cut through Camden in the early 19th century. Nearly 200 years on, Camden’s residents are stepping up their fight against what they fear will be a smaller, but similar, seismic shock from High Speed 2, the rail scheme given the go-ahead last month.”
The Guardian, 16th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Network Rail has admitted three health and safety breaches over the deaths of two girls at an Essex level crossing in 2005, a court has heard.”
BBC News, 31st January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Campaigners against the £33bn high-speed rail project (HS2) are to seek a judicial review of the government’s decision to approve the scheme.”
BBC News, 25th Janaury 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Network Rail is to be prosecuted over the 2007 Grayrigg derailment in which a woman was killed and 86 people injured.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Rail regulators today ruled that Network Rail (NR) was in breach of its licence over declining punctuality levels. The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has proposed two enforcement orders requiring NR to develop ‘new robust plans to help recover performance’.”
The Independent, 19th December 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The UK Border Agency says ‘tighter controls’ will be introduced to stop some Eurostar passengers being able to enter the UK without passport checks.”
BBC News, 8th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“After a deluge of complaints from commuters who were left stuck on freezing platforms during last winter’s cold snap, the Office of Rail Regulator has taken on new powers to protect train travellers.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st December 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
“Badly-maintained points were to blame for causing the death of an elderly woman in the Grayrigg train crash in Cumbria, an inquest jury has found.”
BBC News, 4th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Rail infrastructure company Network Rail (NR) was fined £3 million today for safety failings over the 2002 Potters Bar train crash which claimed seven lives.”
The Independent, 13th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Rail infrastructure company Network Rail (NR) faces a fine when it is sentenced in court tomorrow for safety failings over the 2002 Potters Bar train crash.”
The Independent, 11th May 2011
Source: : www.independent.co.uk
“Network Rail has admitted breaching safety regulations over the Potters Bar train crash which claimed seven lives.”
BBC News, 30th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Jarvis will escape prosecution for the fatal Potters Bar train crash after the rail regulator is understood to have dropped criminal proceedings against the maintenance firm.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An inquiry has been launched into allegations that Network Rail, which runs the country’s track infrastructure, has been misusing public funds and claims senior officials received illicit payments.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th January 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina v Buxton and others [2010] WLR (D) 214
“There was no reason in principle why a restraining order should not be made to protect a company or a group of persons from harassment.”
WLR Daily, 3rd December 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Criminal proceedings are to start against Network Rail and the maintenance firm Jarvis Rail over alleged safety failures behind the 2002 Potters Bar rail crash, in which seven people died.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A coroner has called for new safety checks after hearing how an Essex rail worker was fatally injured when a ‘poorly welded’ basket fell on to him.”
BBC News, 30th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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