Briefing
Legionnaire's Manslaughter - Risk and Responsibility
The news that a council official has been charged with manslaughter in connection with an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease, has sent a tremor through the facilities management profession and indus... | briefing | 17 Feb 2004 2:05PM
Cooling Towers: Legionella risks
Everyone involved in premises management is no doubt aware that some of the largest and most severe outbreaks of legionnaires’ disease have been attributed to poorly maintained and operated cooli... | briefing | 5 Aug 2002 7:40AM
Case
Cider company and contractor fined for legionnella deaths
Cider company HP Bulmer Ltd and water treatment company Nalco Ltd have been fined after pleading guilty to contraventions of the Health and Safety at Work etc act 1974, following an outbreak of Leg... | case | 2 Jul 2008 2:34PM
Holidaymakers win compensation for legionella outbreak
A group of nine holidaymakers who contracted Legionnaires’ disease at a hotel in Turkey have won more than £120,000 in compensation from tour operator Goldtrail. The holidaymakers trave... | case | 16 Jan 2008 1:41PM
Hotel fined
A four-star hotel has been fined £40,000 after two guests died from Legionnaires' disease.
As Workplace Law reported previously, Linda Johnson, a nurse, became ill after visiting the Coptho... | case | 10 Nov 2005 12:00AM
Company prosecuted over legionella risk
The HSE has warned companies to ensure that water chiller systems are adequately treated to prevent outbreaks of legionella - which affects more than 250 people nationally every year.
The warning... | case | 7 Feb 2007 12:00AM
Beckingham: employers offered no support
Leaving court yesterday, after she was convicted of breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act but cleared of seven counts of manslaughter, Gillian Beckingham issued a press statement in which she... | case | 1 Aug 2006 12:00AM
Ebulletin
Legionella trial draws to an end
Workplace Law Group email
Workplace Law Members' ebulletin no. 240
19 July 2006
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Court of Appeal Rulings Mean Further Increases in Tribunal Awards
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18 February 2004
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Manslaughter Charges in Barrow-in-Furness Legionnaires Outbreak
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11 February 2004
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New Guidance on Legionella Management
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24 September 2003
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Two major developments impact on the workplace
8 August 2002
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Magazine issue
R v. Beckingham: case closed
The prosecution of Gillian Beckingham and Barrow Borough Council following the UK’s largest ever outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease has raised a number of important issues and questions:... | Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2006 5:14PM
Legionella trial special
Architect Gillian Beckingham is to face a retrial on seven counts of manslaughter following an outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease in Barrow-in-Furness in August 2002. This was the worst case of... | Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2005 3:41PM
Network news
Facilities Management: Legal Update - Special Report. Exclusive Pre-publication Offer!
Workplace Law Publishing will be launching a brand new title, Facilities Management: Legal Update - Special Report, on Thursday 12 August 2004. This publication will provide essential up-to-date pr... | network news | 14 Jul 2004 10:28AM
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News
Investigation launched following Legionnaires' death
A patient admitted to hospital in Ayrshire with suspected Legionnaires' disease has died. NHS Ayrshire and Arran said the person (who has not been identified) died on Sunday, and an investigation w... | news | 25 Feb 2008 1:44PM
Barrow Legionnaires' case: crackdown on health and safety
The organisation at the centre of the 2002 legionella outbreak - Barrow Borough Council - is to revise its approach to health and safety, following a report detailing the council's polici... | news | 2 Jan 2008 10:11AM
Barrow legionella case: internal enquiry launched
Barrow Council has launched its own enquiry into the 2002 Legionnaires’ disease outbreak, which happened at its Forum 28 arts complex and killed seven people.
The internal enqui... | news | 30 Aug 2007 12:00AM
Pirbright worker contracts Legionnaires' Disease
A reported case of Legionnaires' Disease linked to the Pirbright laboratory site in Surrey is being investigated by officials.
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) confirmed that the Institute of A... | news | 9 Aug 2007 12:00AM
Cases of Legionnaires' Disease on the increase
The number of cases of Legionnaires' Disease reported in England and Wales in the first six months of this year has risen by a third.
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) says it is investigating t... | news | 10 Aug 2007 12:00AM
Policy & Procedure
Legionella Policy and Management Guide, version 3.0
Research and investigation indicates that most outbreaks of Legionnaires’ Disease in the United Kingdom have been attributed to building water services, in particular hot and cold water suppl... | Policy & Procedure |
Regulation
The Notification of Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers Regulations 1992
The Regulations require a person who has, to any extent, control of non-domestic premises to ensure that no notifiable device is situated on the premises unless information specified in the Schedul... | Regulation | 13 Sep 1992 8:49AM
Special report
Facilities Management Legal Update 2008: special report
Essential new guidance specifically for facilities managers In-depth guidance on the key issues facing facilities managers in the next 12 monthsExclusive research and opinion from industry expertsP... | Special report | 31 Jan 2008 2:32PM
What the papers say
Action taken after legionella found at leisure centre
Showers at Stratford Park Leisure Centre have been closed temporarily following the discovery of traces of the bacteria which causes Legionnaires' disease.A water treatment company took routine sam... | what the papers say | 30 Jan 2008 2:45PM
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