Firm fined after ladder fall death
30th December 2010
Suffolk-based Dutch fumigation company Bergwerff Numansdrop BV has been fined £60,000 and ordered to pay £21,709 in costs after a 42-year-old worker...
Machine kills man working inside it
29th December 2010
A 50-year-old maintenance worker was killed when machinery he was fixing was switched on by its operator while he was still inside it. Clive Hall was ...
Care home firm fined after death
24th December 2010
A care home operator has been fined after a patient with learning and behavioural issues died as a result of being subjected to “inappropriate a...
Tube strike row could go to court
23rd December 2010
Tube bosses are attempting to avert a planned Boxing Day strike by drivers through court action, it has been announced. London Underground is trying t...
Report finds ‘virtual court’ drawbacks
22nd December 2010
Rolling out virtual courts would cost more than it would save, a report has found. A pilot project, in which defendants appeared via video link from a...
Twitter avoids ban from courtroom
21st December 2010
The country’s top judge has ruled that Twitter can continue to be used in courtrooms. Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge said users would need the ju...
Bakers Court, Uxbridge, refurbishment plans approved
21st December 2010
Plans to refurbish and extend Clerical Medical’s 109,000 sq ft Baker’s Court in central Uxbridge have been approved. Coca Cola has signed ...
Sawmill worker’s leg trapped in machine
20th December 2010
An Edinburgh firm has been fined £20,000 for safety breaches after a sawmill worker suffered a serious leg injury. The employee was injured while att...
Firms fined after canister fire death
17th December 2010
Two companies and a manager have been fined after it was revealed that a lack of safety measures contributed to the death of a worker who suffered 90%...
Civil servants may strike, warns MP
16th December 2010
Cuts in the amounts of redundancy payment to civil servants will see a rise in the number of strikes and legal challenges, ministers have been warned....
Government to close 143 courts
15th December 2010
More than 140 courts are to be shut in England and Wales, the justice minister has announced. Some 93 magistrates’ courts and 49 county courts, ...
Family cases ‘could take longer’
14th December 2010
A retired senior judge has warned that cases in the family court could take longer because cuts to legal aid will mean more people will have to repres...
Liz Hurley and Arun Nayar split
13th December 2010
Liz Hurley and her husband Arun Nayar have separated, it has been confirmed. The model and actress broke the news on Twitter in the wake of reports th...
Brain-damaged boy awarded £6 million
10th December 2010
A boy left severely brain damaged at birth by a series of hospital blunders has been awarded £6 million in compensation after an eight-year court bat...
Energy Secretary unveils green deal
09th December 2010
The Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has announced a bid to make people’s homes greener and create thousands of jobs. The green deal will allow hou...
Firm fined after worker paralysed
08th December 2010
A North Wales paper mill company has been fined £120,000 and ordered to pay costs of £18,514 after an employee was paralysed from the chest down af...
Oil firm fined for radiation risk
07th December 2010
A firm that provides oilfield services has been fined £300,000 for putting workers in danger of radiation exposure. The Health & Safety Executive...
High Court hears cuts inequality case
06th December 2010
Women are facing a “grossly disproportionate and devastating” impact from the Government’s emergency Budget, it was argued at the Hi...
Pub firm fined after asbestos scare
03rd December 2010
Pub operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has been fined £14,000 and ordered to pay costs of £11,781.45 after workers refurbishing one of its ...
Worker receives £210,000 compensation
02nd December 2010
A worker left with blurred vision, anxiety and personality problems after an accident has received £210,000 in compensation. David Prince, 58, from D...
HS2 ‘will not help environment’
01st December 2010
A Government plan to spend £34 billion building a railway line for a high-speed train service between Birmingham and London, named HS2, is a “m...
