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Largest ever North Sea gas release: £1.125 million fine
North Sea gas release: £1.125 million fine Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service v Total E&P UK Ltd (2015) Aberdeen Sheriff Court,...

Robert Spicer
Dec 27, 20151 min read
Derby crushing death: three companies fined
Crushing death: three companies fined Health and Safety Executive v Punchards Haulage Limited, VTK Structures Ltd and Hanson Packed...

Robert Spicer
Dec 13, 20151 min read
Care scalding death: Scottish housing association fined for health and safety breach
Care scalding death: £75,000 fine Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service v Ark Housing Association Limited (2015) Edinburgh Sheriff...

Robert Spicer
Dec 9, 20151 min read
Illegal gas boiler installation: health and safety prosecution
Illegal gas boiler installation: fitter and engineer fined Health and Safety Executive v Michael Birch and Peter Hopper (2015) Bodmin...

Robert Spicer
Dec 4, 20151 min read
Worker suffers severe cement burns: successful health and safety prosecution
Cement burns: £14,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v DLP Services (Northern) Ltd (2015) Sefton magistrates’ court, November 25 DLP...

Robert Spicer
Nov 28, 20151 min read
Hartlepool Dock death fall: £400,000 fine
Fall death: £400,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v PD Teesport Ltd (2015) Teesside Crown Court, November 23 PD Teesport Ltd has been...

Robert Spicer
Nov 26, 20151 min read
Eructation
Eructation In Ng v Director of Public Prosecutions (2007), Ng argued that an intoximeter reading had been affected by eructation, in...

Robert Spicer
Nov 23, 20151 min read
Worker killed by HGV at commercial vehicle site:employing company fined £166,000
Fatal crush injuries: £166,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Imperial Commercials Ltd (2015) Warwick Crown Court, November 19...

Robert Spicer
Nov 22, 20151 min read
Manchester care home dangerous excavation: public report to HSE: work stopped
Unsafe care home excavations: £2000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Brierstone Ltd (2015) Trafford magistrates’ court, November 13...

Robert Spicer
Nov 17, 20151 min read
Wrexham crushing death:health and safety prosecution:£180,000 fine
Death from crushing injuries: £180,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Morgan Technical Ceramics Ltd (2015) Chester Crown Court,...

Robert Spicer
Nov 15, 20151 min read
Death of psychiatric patient: health and safety prosecution: Scottish Health Board fined
Death of psychiatric patient: Scottish Health Board fined Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service v NHS Ayrshire and Arran (2015)...

Robert Spicer
Oct 28, 20151 min read
Scottish care home scalding: company and employee fined
Care home scalding: company and employee fined Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service v Sharon Dunlop and Real Life Options (2015)...

Robert Spicer
Oct 26, 20152 min read
Scaffolding death in Scotland: health and safety prosecution
Scaffolding death: £40,000 fine Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service v Extra Access Ltd (2015) Hamilton Sheriff Court, July 31...

Robert Spicer
Oct 24, 20151 min read
Sita fined £200,000 for health and safety breaches
Sita UK fined £200,000 for telehandler injury Health and Safety Executive v Sita UK Ltd (2015) Preston Crown Court, October13 Sita UK Ltd...

Robert Spicer
Oct 20, 20151 min read
Amazon sues 1,114 “fake reviewers”
The US retail giant Amazon has filed a lawsuit against 1,114 anonymous reviewers for making “false, misleading and inauthentic” reviews...

Robert Spicer
Oct 19, 20152 min read
The criminalisation of private landlordism and law practice
THE CRIMINALISATION OF PRIVATE LANDLORDISM AND LAW PRACTICE Can it be done? Has it ever been done? The 1959 Cuban revolution destroyed...

Robert Spicer
Oct 19, 20151 min read
Hydrogen explosion in Widnes factory: health and safety prosecution
Hydrogen explosion: £80,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Catalloy Ltd (2015) Warrington Crown Court, September 25 Catalloy Ltd, a...

Robert Spicer
Sep 28, 20151 min read
Dangerous gas work: suspended prison sentences
Dangerous gas work: suspended prison sentences Health and Safety Executive v Lee Butterworth t/a English Riviera Building Company Ltd and...

Robert Spicer
Aug 27, 20151 min read
Devon paper mill death: £400,000 fine
Death in unguarded machinery: £400,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v DS Smith Paper Ltd (2015) Exeter Crown Court, August 11 DS...

Robert Spicer
Aug 12, 20151 min read
Farmers’ hold urgent summit on falling milk prices
Following protests around the UK this weekend, today (10th August 2015), farming unions are meeting to discuss falling milk prices. The...

Robert Spicer
Aug 9, 20151 min read
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