Edinburgh Legionnaires’ Disease 2012 Outbreak – Latest News
The Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in summer 2012 was a worrying time for Edinburgh residents, mainly due to the lack of information given by local authorities at the time. Four people died and there were 56 confirmed cases, making it the worst Legionnaires’ outbreak in a decade. NHS Lothian’s Incident Management Team published a report into the incident […]
Best Ways of Handling Aviation Accidents Explored
Last week, managing and minimizing the number of accidents, which occur in the aviation industry, was the focus of Cambridge-based event, hosted by IOSH’s Aviation and Aerospace Group. Aviation experts met at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford to share knowledge, experiences as well as lessons learnt and the best practices identified following previous aviation incidents, such […]
IOSH Aims to Improve Occupational Safety for Fashion Workers
With the aim being to improve the safety of those working in supply chain factories, which are commonplace in the fashion industry, the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has teamed up with Fashion Revolution and politicians. The collaboration, which took place of 29 June 2015, involved looking at projects that has been setup to […]
Brake: Scottish Government Must Reduce Number of Road Deaths
Concerning new statistics – released by Transport Scotland – show that both the number of deaths and the number of persons seriously injured, on Scotland’s roads, increased last year. In particular, between 2013 an 2014, the number of persons who died in road traffic accidents across Scotland, increased by sixteen per cent (16%) to two hundred […]
Statement from Lawford Kidd client Anthony Phee on his successful personal injury case
Following today’s determination by Lord Brailsford at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, Mr Phee said: “I am delighted at the judgment and relieved that the court case is over. “No-one expects to lose an eye when they go to play golf and adjusting to partially losing my sight has been a harrowing experience. I […]
David Sandison on the Government’s Response to the Scottish Civil Courts Review Recommendations
As published in the Scots Law Times earlier this year, David Sandison discusses the likely impact of the Scottish Government’s response to the recommendations of the Scottish Civil Courts Review. The Scottish Government, on 11 November 2010, published its response to the Civil Courts Review. The response confirms the government’s acceptance of “the vision provided […]
Manual handling accidents – a major cause of occupational injury in the UK
Manual handling accidents remain one of the main causes of occupational injury within the UK. More than a third of all three day injuries reported each year to the Health and Safety Executive and local authorities are caused by manual handling. Manual handling means the transporting or supporting loads by hand or by bodily force. […]
The Price of Success
The health and safety statistics for 2010 show that although construction accounts for 4% of the employees in Britain, 7% of reported injuries happen to employees in the construction sector. The accident rate in construction accounted for 42 fatal injuries in 2009 to 2010. 35% of the cases involved high falls and 24.8% involved electricity. […]
What does 100% compensation actually mean?
If your claim is successful the insurers will pay a sum of money in settlement. For example for a whiplash injury they might pay £2500. You will then receive that sum in your hand and there will be no deductions for legal costs. When a lawyer acts on a No Win No Fee basis there […]
