SHP Legal Column


Legal Lens: National Grid fined £3.2m after pylon worker suffers serious burns

Andrew Sanderson and Amaan Ahmed of Fieldfisher’s Health & Safety Group analyses and shares lessons to be learnt from National Grid's recent £3.2 million fine. Read More

Legal update: Labour’s first 100 days and beyond

In this month's legal update, Andrew Sanderson and Mary Osofisan of Fieldfisher's Health & Safety Group reflect on Labour's approach to Health and Safety so far, and what might be on the horizon. Read More

Legal Lens: Recycling company fined £3 million following fatal workplace incident

In this month’s partnership article, Andrew Sanderson and Jessica Solsberg of Fieldfisher’s Health & Safety practice group reflect on the Read More

Court upholds WM Morrisons Ltd conviction after adjustments not made for vulnerable worker

In this month's partnership article, Fieldfisher reflect on the death of supermarket worker, Matthew Gunn, and the importance of making reasonable workplace adjustments for the wellbeing of workers. Read More

Legal Lens: Openreach fined £1.34m following death of engineer in the River Aber

Barrister Christopher Hopkins joins Fieldfisher's Andrew Sanderson (Partner) and Krysteen Ormond (Associate) to examine the facts leading to the HSE's prosecution of Openreach. Read More

Legal Lens – Health and Safety lessons to be learnt from Ward Recycling Limited’s prosecution

This month, Fieldfisher’s Health & Safety team consider the successful conviction of Ward Recycling Limited. Read More

Legal update: The year ahead for workplace wellbeing

The health and safety team at law firm, Fieldfisher, joined SHP for a fireside discussion of some of the worker health and wellbeing changes currently being considered in the UK. Read More

Government launches consultation on proposed Counter-Terrorism Bill

Fieldfisher's Beth Thompson and Andrew Sanderson provide an update on the proposed Counter-Terrorism Bill, where the Government has called for responses for its policymaking consultation. Read More

Legal Lens – Health and safety lessons to be learned from Timmins Waste Services’ prosecution

This month, Beth Thompson (Associate) and Kirstie Imber (Associate) consider the successful convictions of Timmins Waste Services and its yard manager, Brian Timmins. Read More

Fieldfisher and SHP: Horizon-scanning for 2024

In this first regular collaboration piece, we asked the Fieldfisher legal team what they expect from the 2024 Health and Safety landscape. Read More



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