Webinar: Health and safety law conundrums during the COVID-19 pandemic
May 18, 2020
Download: October 2020 Legislation Update COVID-19 continues to bring unprecedented challenges for people, businesses and societies. To help you navigate Read More
Returning to work once COVID-19 lockdown relaxes – What’s expected in health and safety criminal law and how can you avoid prosecution?
May 5, 2020
Your organisation is looking ahead to stepwise resumption of operations once the COVID-19 lockdown starts to be eased. But what are your health and safety criminal law obligations for the return to work and what do you need to do to stay on the right side of the criminal law? Read More
April 2020 legislation update Q&A
April 17, 2020
Following April's Legislation Update webinar, we put some of your unanswered questions to panellists Simon Joyston-Bechal, from Turnstone Law and James Meredith, from Russell-Cooke. Read their answers here, or listen back to the session in full. Read More
Responding to COVID-19 – What does your organisation need to do to stay on the right side of the criminal law?
March 11, 2020
Your organisation is now making preparations for the coming COVID-19 pandemic and you are deluged with specific concerns, information and action plans that need to be developed. Amongst the many questions being asked by the Board, should be a cut through question: 'What are our health and safety criminal law obligations in dealing with the coronavirus, what do we have to do and how can we protect ourselves from blame if we get it wrong?' Read More
April 2019 legislation update Q&A
September 3, 2019
Sentencing Council evaluation of impact of sentencing guidelines. Is there a duty to warn in health & safety criminal law? Can you delegate health & safety criminal law duties to contractors? This will all feature in our next legislation webinar on Monday 29 April. Read More
Do companies have a duty to warn others in health and safety criminal law?
July 24, 2019
Lawyer Dr. Simon Joyston-Bechal from Turnstone Law asks whether a company has a duty to warn others if it was aware of an issue, even if it was more than six years ago. Read More
Health and safety criminal law duties can in some cases be delegated to contractors, according to a leading lawyer
July 17, 2019
Dr. Simon Joyston-Bechal from Turnstone Law, says while delegation is hard, it does not mean 'you should be automatically liable if your contractor fails'. Read More
Squibb Group case: Court of Appeal reduces level of fine on obtaining ‘likelihood of harm’ evidence
March 7, 2019
Latest Court of Appeal decision underlines the importance of obtaining expert evidence on the ‘likelihood of harm’ when responding to a health and safety prosecution. Read More
New sentencing guidelines propose jail terms of up to 18 years for gross negligence manslaughter
August 3, 2018
New sentencing guidelines covering gross negligence manslaughter have just been published and are set to increase jail terms for the worst workplace safety breaches causing death. Read More
Manslaughter sentence for gross negligence to be increased
July 31, 2018
New guidelines have been issued to judges which will increase prison sentences for people convicted of gross negligence manslaughter in a workplace setting. Read More
