April 8, 2019
In 2017/18, the HSE released its findings summarising statistics surrounding health and safety at work. While the report outlined a variety of insightful statistics, one of the most shocking relates to the locations in which workplace fatalities take place. Read More
July 4, 2017
Corporate health and safety fines up following implementation of tougher sentencing. Read More
February 4, 2016
The new sentencing guidelines have been described as the biggest change to health and safety law for 40 years. Tim Read More
January 4, 2016
SHP asks professionals drawn from a diverse range of backgrounds to share their thoughts on what they think will the Read More
December 2, 2015
Following the Sentencing Council’s publication of the definitive sentencing guidelines for health and safety offences, corporate manslaughter and food safety Read More
July 23, 2015
By Kizzy Augustin and Oliver Brooks, Pinsent Masons LLP From the end of 2015/early 2016, new sentencing guidelines for Read More
April 10, 2015
Kevin Bridges and Chris Hopkins consider the environmental sentencing guidelines that came into effect in 2014, and how the proposed Read More
February 27, 2015
The Sentencing Council’s three-month consultation on new sentencing guidelines for health and safety offences, corporate manslaughter and food safety and Read More
February 23, 2015
IOSH has called for sentences that help improve health and safety standards, remedy defects and deter future offending. In its Read More
December 22, 2014
By Steffan Groch There can be little doubt that health and safety offences are increasingly being regarded in the courts Read More