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Stephen Coppin, CFIOSH, principal occupational health and safety consultant for Parsons Brinckerhoff, breaks down the proposals for the CDM Regulations 2007, and weighs up the risks and opportunities Read More
January 20, 2014
June 5, 2013
The remodelled IOSH Code of Conduct came into force on 4 March this year. Stephen Asbury examines its wide scope and highlights some key issues for practitioners to consider. Read More
February 27, 2013
Consultants should always consider the question 'what might I be in the frame for?' in order to avoid prosecution as individuals under health and safety law, IOSH conference delegates were advised today (27 February). Read More
May 16, 2012
Reasonable practicability', 'reasonable foreseeability', and 'gross disproportionality' were explored in the SHP Legal Arena today (16 May) by Kevin Bridges, who used a number of recent landmark health and safety judgements to illustrate the concepts. Read More
April 26, 2012
David Branson compares the legal concepts of 'reasonably practicable' and 'reasonably foreseeable', in respect of breaches of health and safety law and civil liability for accidents, and explores the changing interpretation of both terms by the courts. Read More
March 7, 2012
The HSE has just completed a two-week shadowing initiative to train inspectors in its new cost-recovery scheme, which begins next month. Read More
October 25, 2011
Small firms and big issues are preoccupying the HSE's Philip White, who was quizzed by Andrew Sansom on the HSE's approach to regulating construction in what are turbulent and stormy times for the sector and the economy. Read More
May 18, 2011
"Remember, you have a duty to cooperate; you don't have a duty to capitulate," a packed SHP Legal Arena heard today. Read More
May 17, 2011
Clients have overall control of the work they commission and, as such, can and should influence how and when it happens. Read More