“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
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“The Attorney General has agreed to consider whether an application should be made for a new inquest to be held over a Hillsborough victim’s death.”
BBC News, 19th January 2012
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“The latest development in the credit hire saga, this decision follows the attempts by defendant insurers to apply the Cancellation of Contracts made in a Consumer’s Home or Place of Work Regulations 2008 (“the 2008 Regulations”). In Chen Wei v Cambridge Power & Light Ltd the defendant successfully used the claimant’s breach of the 2008 Regulations to avoid payment of any hire charges. In this case the claimant sought to avoid the same conclusion by having the damages paid under a policy of insurance which was in place and pursuing the claim as a subrogated claim by the insurers.”
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Zenith Chambers, 17th January 2012
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“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
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“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
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“The sister of a TV producer who was crushed by an HGV while cycling through west London has spoken of her dismay after failing in a high court attempt to secure a fresh inquest into her sister’s death. Eilidh Cairns, 30, was cycling in morning rush-hour traffic on 5 February 2009 when a tipper truck knocked her from her bike at Notting Hill Gate. An experienced cyclist, she is believed to have been in front of the lorry and hit from behind in the incident.”
The Guardian, 7th November 2011
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“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
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“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
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“A school bus driver has been jailed for causing the death of a six-year-old boy by dangerous driving.”
BBC News, 6th October 2011
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“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
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“It is important for bereaved families to know how and why their loved ones died. It is equally important that we hold corporate bodies to account for any failures which lead to unnecessary loss of life. The investigation into the deaths at Gleision Colliery is reported to be focussing on forensic testing at the scene. Meanwhile, vital proof of whether or not this was a corporate manslaughter, by systemic failure or not, will be sitting in the offices of the private owner and needs to be obtained and analysed.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 19th September 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“A woman who launched a £6m damages claim after being left paralysed when she hit her head on the bottom of a swimming pool during an impromptu late-night party has lost her high court action.”
The Guardian, 3rd August 2011
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“The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has said two officers acted properly when they dealt with a Neath Valley man who later died.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2011
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“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
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“The deaths of two schoolchildren in a crash in Cumbria could have been avoided if they had been wearing seatbelts, a coroner has said.”
BBC News, 14th July 2011
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“Defence Secretary Liam Fox apologised today to the families of the pilots in the Mull of Kintyre helicopter crash after a new report cleared them of an earlier finding of negligence. The fresh review concluded that Flight Lieutenants Jonathan Tapper and Richard Cook should not have been blamed for the accident in 1994.”
The Independent, 13th July 2011
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A district judge says the case of a man who threw a chicken bone across a road and caused a four-car pile-up is the most bizarre he has ever known.
BBC News, 4th July 2011
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“A shopfitting firm on Merseyside has been fined after one of its workers had his finger severed by a rotating saw.”
BBC News, 15th June 2011
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“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
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