The Most Common Types of Personal Injuries: How to Make a Claim
Despite health and safety initiatives having even more scope into the world of employment and some campaigns to try and reduce the number of accidents that occur in the UK, sadly, millions of people are injured each year, Often people are injured due to their own actions. However, a significant percentage of people suffer severe […]
Woman Takes Legal Action Following Slip in London Gastropub
A HR representative who sustained a fractured wrist after tripping over a rope outside of a pub in London. Following the incident, Carmen Mazo, suffered an injury as a result of her fall in the Notting Hill area. As well as suffering pain due to the incident, she also claims that the accident destroyed her career and resulted in […]
The Risks of Working with Nanomaterials
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) recently held a meeting in Aberdeen to discuss the potential risks brought about by the growing use of nanomaterials. The use of nanomaterials is becoming more common as they apparently can improve product qualities such as strength, durability and absorbency. As a result of this increased use, […]
Charity Highlights Worrying Trends in Road Safety
Road safety charity Brake has recently highlighted a number of worrying trends with regards to the safety of the UK’s roads. The first area of concern for the charity is the number of deaths and serious injuries that are still occurring on the roads as a result of drink driving. Government figures show that in 2013, 240 […]
HSE Launches New Workplace Health Committee
A new committee to provide independent expert knowledge and advice on workplace health has been appointed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The workplace health expert committee (WHEC) will be made up of nine members who will provide expert opinion on emerging issues and trends, new evidence relating to existing issues and on the quality and […]
All Change for Personal Injury Cases in Scotland?
The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) has published a report on the responses it received to a consultation on the use of pre-action protocols in personal injury cases. Pre-action protocols involve procedures, which take place involving both parties to the personal injury claim before court proceedings are raised, which will establish whether the settlement can […]
Council fined over swing safety failure
An English council has been fined £18,000 after a ten-year-old boy sustained severe head injuries while he was playing on a tyre swing in an park, reports the BBC. Jamie Jackson was hit on the head when the swing’s suspension mechanism collapsed and landed on top of him. He received a fractured skull and his injuries were described […]
HSE prosecutes firm for insurance failure
A Sunderland firm has been fined for failing to hold statutory insurance that enables employees to claim compensation should they be injured at work. Section 1 of the Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 requires that employers carry insurance against the personal injury of their employees. As well as being insured, employers must make available details […]
Analysis of work-related road risk
A national standard for the management of work-related road risk would be welcomed by businesses, and should include ‘back to basics’ advice to practitioners about the processes and interventions they should be using to manage and lower their risk, according to new research by TRL. Dr Shaun Helman, who led the research, said: “For some […]
Attorney General to apply for fresh inquests for Hillsborough victims
The Attorney General, Dominic Grieve QC MP, has announced that although his consideration of the evidence is not complete, he has made the decision to apply to the High Court to quash the inquest verdicts of the 96 victims and order fresh inquests. He will now write to the families of the victims to give […]
