Suspended sentence for rope access boss
April 24, 2018
The boss of a specialist rope access company has been given a suspended jail sentence after a worker fell through […] Read More
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Corporate Manslaughter
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 is a landmark in UK law. Companies and organisations can be found guilty of corporate manslaughter as a result of serious management failures resulting in a gross breach of a duty of care.
The Act, which came into force on 6 April 2008, clarifies the criminal liabilities of companies including large organisations where serious failures in the management of health and safety result in a fatality.
Waste firm worker killed by runaway lorry
April 23, 2018
A waste management company has been sentenced after a 56-year-old man was fatally injured in a lorry runaway incident at […] Read More
NHS trust fined £300k for legionella failures
April 23, 2018
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £300,000 after failing to control the risk to patients from […] Read More
Fines of £965k after worker’s fall
April 20, 2018
Two companies have been fined a total of £965,000 after a painter fell through a passenger waiting room roof in […] Read More
Suspended sentence in brain injury case
April 20, 2018
The principal contractor involved in the construction of a dormer extension has been sentenced for safety breaches after a self-employed […] Read More
Fine after teenage driver killed in crash
April 18, 2018
The death of a teenage employee has resulted in a £400,000 fine for the farming partnership he was working for. […] Read More
Care home fined £100k after resident dies
April 18, 2018
A care home has been fined £100k after a 77-year-old resident slipped down in her specialised wheelchair and died. On […] Read More
Managers forged asbestos documents to trade
April 13, 2018
An asbestos removal company, and two of its managers, have been prosecuted after forging documents in order to obtain an […] Read More
‘Inexcusable’ welfare and safety conditions
April 12, 2018
A contractor carrying out refurbishment and basement extension work has been fined more than £50,000 after a HSE inspection found […] Read More
Prison sentence and £50,000 fine in roof fall case
March 29, 2018
A Preston egg production company and a joinery sub-contractor have been fined after a worker fell through a roof. The […] Read More