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14 Maternity Trusts to be Scrutinised as Part of National Investigation
Kirsty Allen
11 May 2017
Health and Safety Executive consults on fee for intervention disputes
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is currently consulting on changes to the way Fee for Intervention (FFI) disputes are dealt with. The HSE has decided that the time is right to move to a fully independent process for considering disputes in relation to FFI. It is also concerned to ensure that the process is accessible and proportionate.
9 May 2017
Health and Safety Sentencing a year on from the new guidelines – What’s changed?
It is now just over a year since the new guidelines for the sentencing of health and safety cases came into force. Whilst anecdotal evidence has indicated for some time that the result of the new guidelines has been an overall increase in the level of fines, a recent BBC article that reports research conducted by BLM Solicitors has put some detail on this.
26 April 2017
A new criminal offence for corporates that fail to prevent human rights abuses?
On 5th April this year the Joint Committee on Human Rights published its report into human rights and business issues in the UK. Entitled “Human Rights and Business 2017: Promoting responsibility and ensuring accountability” the report is important reading for business leaders, lawyers, consumers and NGOs alike.
12 April 2017
The HSE publishes its business plan for 2017/18
On 30 March 2017, The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published its business plan for 2017/18 in which it outlines its key objectives for the coming year. The Plan reviews the HSE’s achievements for 2016/17 and sets out four main areas in which it intends to continue to build on these.
3 April 2017
Arrow Recycling fined in Health and Safety Executive prosecution for cardboard crushing
On 23 March 2017 Arrow Recycling Ltd were fined £160,000 at Wolverhampton Magistrates’ Court after one of its workers, 49 year old Parvez Ahmed, was seriously injured by 400kg of falling cardboard. The incident, occurring at the company’s Smethwick site in April last year, resulted in Mr Ahmed being placed in a 10-day induced coma and suffering from a cracked skull and brain haemorrhage.