Thursday, 29 December 2011

Rationalising health and safety law

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Self-employed people in low-risk occupations will be among the first to benefit from a wholesale revamp of health and safety regulation, w...
Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Make sure you regularly inspect equipment

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Two construction companies must pay a total of £125,000 in fines and costs for failing to ensure that a cherry-picker, which was involved i...
Monday, 28 November 2011

Government vows to restore clarity to health and safety regime

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The Government has announced an immediate consultation on the abolition, consolidation and further review of large numbers of health and s...
Friday, 4 November 2011

Proposed changes to Asbestos Regs.

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The HSE are proposing 3 categories of work on asbestos. These are: Non-notifiable licenced work (NNLW) Notifiable licenced work Licence...
Sunday, 30 October 2011

'Alchemist’ jailed after experiment goes wrong

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A man has admitted arson and endangering the lives of others after trying to turn his own faeces into gold. Paul Moran has been jailed for ...
Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Waste Regs. change (already)

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The Waste (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 specify a change but this only affects waste with ionising radiation properties, ...
Thursday, 29 September 2011

Civil vs. Criminal liability

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There's an interesting article in SHP On-Line. This includes the paragraph: "For a defendant to be guilty of a criminal offence t...