Yard manager and company sentenced following death of employee in shredder
December 20, 2023
A yard manager has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years and a company fined £400,000 after an employee was killed in an industrial shredder. Read More
Legal perspective: Croydon tram disaster
August 2, 2023
Emma Evans and Claire Burrows at Brabners LLP share their legal observations following last week's prosecutions following the Croydon tram disaster. Read More
Ventilation testing company fined for putting hundreds at risk
November 15, 2022
A company that tests ventilation systems has been fined for putting hundreds of workers at risk of serious lung diseases. Read More
Eddie Stobart fined after workers exposed to asbestos
November 8, 2022
Logistics company Eddie Stobart has been fined after work at one of its sites exposed staff to asbestos. Read More
B&M fined £1m after electrician sustains serious burns in warehouse explosion
August 2, 2022
A retail company and an electrical contracting company have been fined after an electrician suffered serious burns to 15 per cent of his body when he was caught in an explosion at a warehouse in Liverpool. Read More
Government make it illegal to use a hand-held mobile phone while driving ‘under any circumstance’
March 25, 2022
New mobile phone laws, making it illegal to use a hand-held mobile phone while driving under virtually any circumstance, will come into force on 25 March. Read More
Top 5 most-read in November 2019
December 17, 2019
The most read fines and prosecution articles in November 2019 includes, a man struck off from being a director for five years for allowing employees to use unsafe machines, and a £600,000 fine to Places for People Homes, after five workers develop HAVS. Read More
Fine reduced in worker fall case
October 11, 2019
Lanes Group PLC had been fined £500,000 at Westminster Magistrates Court on 17 July, but following an appeal, the eventual fine has been adjusted to £400k. Read More
£50k fine after multiple failings led to severe hand injury
October 10, 2019
Masher Brothers Limited has been sentenced after a trainee worker suffered life-changing injuries when his hand was caught in a rip saw. Read More
Employee killed by falling wooden bearer
September 20, 2019
An East Kilbride engineering company fined when employee died following an incident when he was struck on the head by a wooden bearer. Read More
