Health & Safety

Articles

7 Mar 2016

Under-resourced local authorities struggle to tackle food crime

Food hygiene investigations down despite rise in consumer complaints

1 Feb 2016

Improved health and safety sentencing guidelines begin to bite

New guidelines represent a 'sea change', lawyers warn corporate clients

19 Jan 2016

Public safety 'versus public health

Jeremy Phillips considers a European ruling on gambling licences, cases on the boundary between the planning and licensing jurisdictions, and other significant developments

1 Dec 2015

Moore Blatch launches 'major trauma service' aimed at the NHS

New service to help health service recover injury costs in light of 'outdated legislation'

4 Nov 2015

Courts must prepare for 'barrage' of guilty pleas

New sentencing guidelines could see businesses entering early pleas to avoid £20m fines, says health and safety expert

20 Oct 2015

Concussion: A matter of heart and head

Rugby is in the spotlight. Debate over the concussions that occurred during the Six Nations and at the end of the Premiership season is heightened now that the world's audience is focused on the Rugby World Cup.

16 Oct 2015

'Auntie Christ'

Across the pond, a New York woman has failed in her attempts to sue her 12-year-old nephew over a birthday hug that left her with a broken wrist.

13 Oct 2015

Bereaved families treated like second-class citizens, says MP

'Ridiculous' law on psychiatric harm needs to be made fit for purpose