Risk management Law - Workplace Law Network

Reaction to sentencing in the first-ever Corporate Manslaughter case
Kevin Bridges, Partner at Pinsent Masons, who acted on behalf of Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings Ltd in the first-ever Corporate Manslaughter case, talks to Workplace Law about the verdict and the s... | audio | 18 Feb 2011 5:09PM

Ladder safety: working from height
The Work at Height Regulations 2005, as amended by the Work at Height (Amendment) Regulations 2007, apply to all work at height where there is a risk of a fall liable to cause personal injury. &nb... | briefing | 9 Sep 2008 4:56PM

Asbestos risk costs firm over £10,000
A building company in Bradford-on-Avon has been fined after it removed an asbestos insulation board (AIB) ceiling in an unsafe manner, leaving workers and residents at risk of exposure to asbestos ... | case | 9 Feb 2012 8:44AM

Two HSE prosecutions following accidents with machinery
The HSE has reported two separate prosecutions for breaches of the Provision of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. Allevard Springs Ltd was prosecuted for failing to adequately prevent the risk of i... | case | 6 Feb 2012 2:48PM

Employer’s liability for employee’s violence
The Court of Appeal has recently considered two conjoined cases to determine the circumstances when an employer is liable for an act of violence committed by one employee towards another. Empl... | case | 2 Feb 2012 8:48AM

Work equipment regulations prosecution
An engineering contractor has been fined after a worker suffered severe injuries when his excavator struck a bridge on the M1 motorway in the East Midlands. Van Elle Ltd pleaded guilty to breachin... | case | 25 Jan 2012 9:39AM

Roofers risking lives were caught on camera
A Lancashire roofer has been prosecuted after he and two employees were spotted on a shop roof without any protection to stop them falling. Ross Singleton, who trades as Ross's Roofing, was photog... | case | 13 Jan 2012 3:57PM

Express Park Construction Company Limited and Oxford Architects Partnership (2010)
An architectural practice and a construction company involved in the development of a conference centre in Somerset have been fined a total of £195,000 following a fatality at the site.Bristo... | case review | 29 Jul 2010 1:25PM

R. v. Associated Octel (1996)
The leading case in relation to the ‘conduct of one’s undertaking,’ and the circumstances in which this amounts to a duty under Section 3, is R v. Associated Octel (1996). The cas... | case review | 14 Nov 1996 5:23PM

Miskelly Brothers Ltd and Hazron Safety Services v. HSENI
In the first case of its kind in Northern Ireland a safety expert and the company he advised were fined for breaching health and safety legislation which led to the death of 52-year-old machinist, ... | case review | 10 Jun 2011 2:25PM

James Wilson v. Deptford Power Station (2010)
James Wilson worked from the age of 20 (in 1951) at Deptford Power Station. He was regularly exposed to asbestos when he was erecting new boilers.   In 2006, Mr Wilson was diagnosed with mes... | case review | 5 Aug 2010 5:00PM

Howorth Scaffolding Services Ltd & Glenmill Group (Developments) Ltd (2010)
Construction worker, Peter Walton, fell five metres from scaffolding on Altham Industrial Estate on 10 May 2006. The 55-year-old had been working on a project to build three new office blocks when ... | case review | 7 Sep 2010 4:49PM

Workplace Law analyse Newnham College's health and safety management system
"Each member of the Workplace Law team has brought their own specialist or generalist expertise and has helped us to create a platform from which to build our health and safety processes and p... | consultancy case study |

Workplace Law carry out health and safety audit for The University of Hertfordshire
"Workplace Law have been responsible for supporting the change of safety attitude from poor to excellent and our safety cultural shift has been significant and patently observable." | consultancy case study |

Workplace Law help breathe become CHAS compliant
"The service went far beyond the original proposals and included intensive tuition for the breathe health and safety advisor. This has started to change the health and safety culture of the bu... | consultancy case study |

The Institute of Directors turns to Workplace Law for fire risk assessment
Glyn Davies says he has found Workplace Law “very supportive” with an “excellent” approach to fire risk assessments. He has found the company “very reliable,” an... | consultancy case study |

Company fined £133,000 after unguarded machinery death
A company that pleaded guilty to a breach of Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, following the death of one of its employees, has been fined £133,000 (reduced from &poun... | news | 9 Feb 2012 5:37PM

Many businesses may not recover from riot damage
The British Retail Council (BRC) has condemned the violence which has seen many shops, homes and businesses damaged in London and other cities over the past three nights. The retail organisation sa... | news | 9 Aug 2011 9:36AM

First aid concerns raised after mid-flight misdiagnosis
The issue of first aid training has been raised after a passenger on RyanAir suffered a heart attack mid-flight but was wrongly assumed by cabin crew to be experiencing low blood pressure. Per-Eri... | news | 8 Aug 2011 3:45PM

The approach to safeguarding could be ‘softening’
Michael Gove’s suggestion that parents could step into the void left by striking teachers today could suggest a changing approach to safeguarding, a lawyer has suggested.   Dai Durbrid... | news | 30 Jun 2011 10:44AM

Best practice standard published on psychosocial risks
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has published the first best practice guidance standard to help those assessing psychosocial risk in the workplace.    PAS 1010 (Publicly Availab... | news | 6 May 2011 10:52AM

London riots: FAQs
In light of the continuing disturbances in London and across the UK, this briefing looks at afew key questions regarding the incidents and how they are affecting businesses. To download this analy... | news analysis | 10 Aug 2011 9:14AM

What risk-related issues are on the agenda for 2008?
Although there's little in the way of new risk-related regulation coming up in 2008, it appears businesses will continue to face pressure to improve on the management of health, safety, environment... | news analysis | 10 Jan 2008 1:45PM

New moves to make risk assessment the right approach to fire safety
2005 is expected to see the introduction of a new Fire Safety Order, the objective of which is to create a single fire safety regime and assist moves towards risk based fire safety in the workplace... | news analysis | 21 Apr 2005 5:13PM

Private Security Industry Act – implications for the construction industry
The guarding of construction sites is now subject to a new regulatory regime designed to ensure that security guards are properly trained and that the criminal element is pushed out of the security... | news analysis | 30 Mar 2005 9:24AM

Crane safety for occupiers of premises
One of the issues that can be forgotten when refurbishing, extending or altering premises is the use of cranes. On 11 February 2005, two workers were killed and a third injured by crane collapse at... | news analysis | 16 Feb 2005 9:55AM

A guide to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995
This publication is a detailed guide to The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR). This edition provides information about the updated Regulations, wh... | official guidance | 1 Jan 2008 5:18PM

The Guide to freedom of information
The Guide to Freedom of Information explains your obligations under the Act, answers many frequently asked questions and gives practical examples to illustrate how to apply the Act in p... | official guidance | 30 Jan 2012 1:49PM

Fire safety in construction
The second edition of Fire safety in construction explains how everyone involved in construction projects can comply with their legal duties relating to fire risks. It is aimed at all those with a ... | official guidance | 1 Jan 2010 5:31PM

Protecting the public: Your next move
This guidance focuses on the reality that hazardous construction work can be a fatal danger, not only for those within the industry, but the wider public also. Practical advice, especially for tho... | official guidance | 1 Jan 2009 5:24PM

Health risk management: A practical guide for managers in small and medium-sized enterprises
This guidance draws on information and experience gained by the HSE, with actual case studies used to illustrate particular points. Reflective of the fact that some 30 million work days a year are ... | official guidance | 2 Jan 1995 5:20PM

Construction (Design and Management) (CDM) Regulations 2007
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) 2007 came into force on 6 April 2007. They completely replaced the previous CDM 1994 Regulations and the Construction Health, Safety and W... | Regulation | 16 Jan 2007 9:49PM

Self-Employment (Risk Assessment Exemption) Bill 2010-11
A Bill to exempt self-employed persons engaged in low hazard activity from the requirement to produce a written risk assessment. This Bill was presented to Parliament on 21 October 2010. This is k... | Regulation | 21 Oct 2010 11:40AM

Low Hazard Workplaces (Risk Assessment Exemption) Bill 2010-11
A Bill to exempt employers from the requirement to produce a written risk assessment in respect of low hazard workplaces and the premises of those working from their own home with low hazard equipm... | Regulation | 21 Oct 2010 11:37AM

Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 2002
The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 2002 came into force on 1 January 1993 and exist to ensure that certain fundamental duties covering the provision and use of PPE are applied wh... | Regulation | 16 Sep 2002 9:10PM

Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (as amended) came into force on 1 January 1993 under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, to implement a European Directive on the manual han... | Regulation | 13 Sep 1992 8:47AM

Common sense, common safety: An introduction to Lord Young's review of health and safety
This short film looks at some of the repercussions in the world of health and safety following Lord Young's review, including; the easing of regulatory burden for low hazard workplaces, launching t... | Video - Documentary | 31 May 2011 11:35AM

Health and safety legal update
This short legal update film, hosted by Simon Toseland, Head of Health and Safety at Workplace Law, looks at changes to RIDDOR reporting and new guidance from the HSE, the Low Hazard Workplace... | Video - Legal update | 6 Feb 2012 12:53PM

Weekly news 1-7 February 2012
Welcome to this week's Workplace Law news update, which covers proposals to cut carbon emissions in buildings, a new low carbon reburbished building, guidance on apprenticeships from CIPD, the Gove... | Video - News | 7 Feb 2012 2:48PM

Demystifying risk assessments
A risk assessment is nothing more than a careful examination of what, in your work, could cause harm to people, so that you can weigh up whether you have taken enough precautions or should do more ... | Video - Seminar | 20 Oct 2009 11:42AM

Permits to work
Permits to work form an essential part of safe systems of work for many maintenance activities. They allow work to start only after safe procedures have been defined and they provide a clear record... | Video - Seminar | 11 Nov 2009 11:37AM

Safety schemes in procurement
Over the years, the proliferation of health and safety pre-qualification questionnaires has become a source of excessive paperwork and time for both ‘suppliers’ and ‘buyers’... | Video - Seminar | 13 Apr 2010 9:47AM

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