In Court


Fire service prosecuted after firefighters left seriously injured in training exercise

A fire service has been prosecuted after two of its firefighters received serious head injuries – with one paralysed from the chest down – after a training exercise. Read More

Man charged after 88 cladding safety forms ‘fraudulently filled out’

A man has been charged with fraud after dozens of cladding safety forms were signed off by an unauthorised person, Merseyside Police has said. Read More

Yorkshire Water fined £1.6m for sewage pollution

Yorkshire Water has been fined £1,600,750 for polluting a Bradford watercourse in a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency. Read More

Building contractor sentenced over unsafe work practice

A Blackburn based building contractor has been sentenced after unsafe work methods constituted a public risk and resulted in asbestos being disturbed. Read More

Fabrication company in court after worker injured shoulder in lathe

A metal fabrication company has been fined £22,000 after a worker’s overalls were drawn into a lathe, trapping him and resulting in serious injury. Read More

Cheshire hotelier fined £5,000 and sentenced to 12 months in prison after fire safety breaches

The owner of the Main Top Hotel on Mersey Road in West Bank, Widnes, has been sentenced after pleading guilty to nine breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Read More

£850,000 fine for health board following the death of an elderly patient

A Health Board has been fined following the death of a vulnerable patient who left a hospital ward unnoticed through an unsecured door. Read More

Manufacturing company fined after worker loses part of hand

A manufacturing company has been fined for safety breaches after a worker lost part of their hand in a textile machine. Read More

Company fined after fatality involving MEWP

A manufacturing company that specialises in lifting and handling equipment has been fined after an employee died after falling with a work platform onto the M25. Read More

£1.5m fine for Dairy Crest after series of environmental offences

The maker of popular brands like Cathedral City and others has been fined £1.5 million - the largest fine ever awarded for an Environment Agency conviction in the South West. Read More


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