Health and safety fine was disproportionate, says Court of Appeal

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The defendant was a large warehousing and distribution organisation with about 100 sites in the UK and outlets in Europe. One evening at one site one of its employees was checking the rear of his trailer when another trailer rolled backwards, trapping him between the two trailers and killing him.

The accident was caused by the failure of a co-defendant, the driver responsible for the second trailer, to apply the handbrake to his tractor unit and the defendant’s failure to ensure the i... (165 more words)

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