Lawford Kidd's Blog

Scotland's Chief Statistician has announced the release of Key Scottish Safety Camera Statistics 2010. This publication reports statistics relating to road traffic casualties and offences at safety camera sites (speed cameras and red-light cameras) in Scotland.

Details have been published on the operation of a new system for recovering costs from those who break health and safety laws.

An air hostess is suing her employer, British Airways, after she was hit on the head by a falling ice canister while at work, reports the London Evening Standard.

A global packaging firm has been fined £90,000 after two workers suffered life-threatening injuries when they were engulfed by a fireball at a factory in Cumbria.

The Damages (Scotland) Act 2011 is now in force. It is intended to overhaul the system of obtaining damages for wrongful death - where a person suffers injury or disease as a result of the wrongful actions or omissions of another.