“The safety practices of oil companies operating in Britain will be highlighted on Tuesday in the conclusion of a criminal case following the 2005 Buncefield oil storage explosion, in which 40 people were injured and 250,000 litres of petrol spilled less than 30 miles from central London.”
The Guardian, 6th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A hospital trust has been ordered to pay £100,000 after a new mother ‘needlessly’ died when an epidural anaesthetic was mistakenly fed into her veins.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Bicycle company Raleigh has pleaded guilty to health and safety lapses which led to the death of a forklift truck driver at its Nottingham depot.”
BBC News, 12th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Shropshire firm has been fined £75,000 after a worker was left partially blind and deaf when he was thrown from a machine.”
BBC News, 11th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Health and safety chiefs have welcomed a court ruling to jail a gas fitter for working without proper accreditation.”
BBC News, 23rd April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A sweet firm has been fined £300,000 after an employee was crushed to death in one of its machines.”
BBC News, 23rd April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Electrical chain Comet has admitted it failed to ensure the safety of a roofing contractor who fell through a skylight and later died.”
BBC News, 9th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A police officer who was shot dead during a botched ‘cops and robbers’ training exercise was unlawful killed, an inquest jury ruled today.”
The Independent, 25th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“For the first time in a UK syllabus, a module on law and the legal system beyond Earth’s atmosphere will be included as an option for students starting at Sunderland University in September.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A jogger who was left accidentally locked inside a public toilet on Christmas Day has been awarded £500 compensation by a council.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina v Upper Bay Ltd [2010] WLR (D) 60
“The duty of a parent to supervise his child and the duty of an employer to conduct its undertaking in such a way as to ensure that persons not in its employment, such as a child, were not exposed to risks to health or safety were concurrent duties so that if the child suffered harm the breach of parental duty did not absolve an employer from responsibility.”
WLR Daily, 3rd March 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.
“The images, from a brochure for the no added sugar Ltd winter collection, breached the advertisers’ code because children could try to copy the images, putting their safety at risk, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A company has been fined by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a worker fell 4ft (1.2m) at its factory.”
BBC News, 15th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A food manufacturing company has been fined £35,000 after an employee’s arm was crushed in machinery at a Lincolnshire plant.”
BBC News, 11th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“On 9 February 2010 the Sentencing Guidelines Council published its definitive guideline ‘Corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death’.”
Guideline on Corporate Manslaughter (PDF)
Sentencing Guidelines Council, 9th February 2010
Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk
“A Cornish ferry skipper has been jailed for six months after pleading guilty to breaching safety regulations.”
BBC News, 1st February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Seven members of a panel which will scrutinize files relating to the Hillsborough tragedy have been named.”
BBC News, 26th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A police control room operator who was shot during a training exercise has agreed a six-figure compensation payout.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A call operator who was shot during a police safety demonstration course has said he has been awarded a ‘six figure’ compensation sum.”
BBC news, 20th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Home Secretary has announced the creation of an independent panel, which will be responsible for overseeing the release of documents related to the 1989 Hillsborough football disaster.”
Home Office, 15th December 2009
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
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