Legal & Practice Updates - 2008

12.12.2008 - Employment Law Update
£190,000 Awarded to Lesbian Soldier Over Male Sargeant's Sexual Harassment

11.12.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Accident Statistics Published

10.12.2008 - Health & Safety Update
HSE Warns of Need for Risk Assessment

09.12.2008 - Health & Safety Update
HSE Issues Warning to Construction Companies Following Leg Amputation

08.12.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Pensioner to Sue After Walking Frame Snaps

05.12.2008 - Health & Safety Update
£144,000 Fine Following Fatal Accident

04.12.2008 - Employment Law Update
Restricting Reporting Orders

03.12.2008 - Employment Law Update
Tribunal Rules That DDA Covers Associative Disability Discrimination

02.12.2008 - Health & Safety Update
REACH - What Next, After Pre-Registration Deadline Passes?

01.12.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Reminder for Care Sector After Death of 90-Year-Old Lady

28.11.2008 - Environmental Update
In The Courts - Packaging Waste Offences

27.11.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Need for Workers to Consider Elderly Residents Highlighted

26.11.2008 - Employment Law Update
Illegality

25.11.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Plymouth Council Fined After Crush Death at Depot

24.11.2008 - Environmental Update
New Legislation on Mercury Storage

21.11.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Working at Height Warning After Man Dies

20.11.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Construction Firms Warned to Keep Safety Under Review

19.11.2008 - Employment Law Update
PC Fined Over Abusive Facebook Comments

18.11.2008 - Environmental Update
Chemical Company Fined After Oil Escapes From Pipeline

17.11.2008 - Environmental Update
In the Courts - Waste Offences

14.11.2008 - Environmental Update
In The Courts - Waste Offences

13.11.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Company Fined After Employee Suffers Serious Burns

12.11.2008 - Environmental Update
In The Courts - Water Pollution

11.11.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Shopfitters Fined £20,000 After Man Falls From Tower Scaffold

10.11.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Warning to Aerial Cable Operators After Prosecution

07.11.2008 - Environmental Update
£18,000 Fine for Over Abstraction of Water

06.11.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Excavator Driver Fined after Pedestrian is Killed

05.11.2008 - Employment Law Update
Disciplinary Action for Nurse who Sold Knickers on eBay

04.11.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Warning after Exploding Pipe Stopper Injures Contractor

03.11.2008 - Health & Safety Update
HSE Health & Safety Statistics 2007/08

31.10.2008 - Employment Law Update
Migrant Applications for Tiers 2 and 5 of Points Based Immigration to Open on 27th November 2008

30.10.2008 - Health & Safety Update
£40,000 after Man Killed by Refuse Truck

29.10.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Fine Following Finger Loss

28.10.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Electrical Companies Reminded to Use Safe Working Practices

27.10.2008 - Employment Law Update
Agency Workers and SSP

24.10.2008 - Health & Safety Update
2 Companies fined £44,500 after Man is Paralysed in Fall

23.10.2008 - Employment Law Update
Age Discrimination: Using Length of Service in a Redundancy Selection Matrix

22.10.2008 - Employment Law Update
Working Time Regulations - Rest Breaks

21.10.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Survey Company Prosecuted as Asbestos Awareness Campaign Begins

20.10.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Damages Claim for Airport Slip Which Left Woman Unable to Wear High Heels

17.10.2008 - Employment Law Update
Lesbian Couple Humiliated by Workplace Jokes

16.10.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Recycling Firm Fined After Fall From Lorry

15.10.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Trust Fined £20,000 Over Scalding Death

14.10.2008 - Employment Law Update
Appeal Against British Airways in Religious Discrimination Case

13.10.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Lift Shaft Fall Costs Council over £50,000

10.10.2008 - Environmental Update
Anglian Water Fined £11,000 Following Water Pollution

09.10.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Breach of Noise Regulations Costs Company Over £8,000

08.10.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Unsafe Roofing Work Costs Company Over £23,000

07.10.2008 - Environmental Update
Water Pollution Costs Company Over £17,000

06.10.2008 - Employment Law Update
Employment Law Changes in October / November

03.10.2008 - Health & Safety Update
HSE Issues Safety Alert on Gas Appliance Flues in Ceiling Voids

02.10.2008 - Health & Safety Update
HSE Warns Construction Companies

01.10.2008 - Employment Law Update
Annual Increase In Minimum Wage

30.09.2008 - Environmental Update
Fine of £10,000 for Packaging Waste Offences

29.09.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Failure to Check Training Records Leads to Death

26.09.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Company and Director Fined After Explosion

25.09.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Prosecution Prompts HSE Warning on Working at Height

24.09.2008 - Employment Law Update
Time Off for Health & Safety Training

23.09.2008 - Employment Law Update
£600,000 Cash Award After Bin Laden Joke

22.09.2008 - Health & Safety Update
£15,000 Fine After Worker Hit by Falling Beam

19.09.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Further Moving Vehicle Warnings After Worker Loses Leg in Forklift Accident

18.09.2008 - Employment Law Update
Claim That Lack of English is a Disability is Dismissed by Judge

17.09.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Sandblasting Firm Fined £26,000 for Using Banned Substance

16.09.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Hospital Fined £8,000 for Injuries to Cleaner

15.09.2008 - Environmental Update
Water Pollution Leads to £11,875 Fine

12.09.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Overturned Crane Prompts HSE Warning

11.09.2008 - Health & Safety Update
£38,000 Fine After 600kg Glass Panel Falls on Worker

10.09.2008 - Employment Law Update
Channel Five Newsreader to Launch Age Discrimination Claim

09.09.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Lanarkshire Companies Fined £63,750 Over Double Fatality

08.09.2008 - Environmental Update
£12,851 Fine For Land Contamination

05.09.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Company & Director Fined Following Workplace Injury

04.09.2008 - Employment Law Update
Restrictive Covenants Enforceable

03.09.2008 - Employment Law Update
Britain's Most Senior Asian Police Officer Claims Racial Discrimination

02.09.2008 - Environmental Update
Prosecution for Illegal Deposit of Waste Materials

01.09.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Company Fined £19,400 After Worker Is Injured Moving 96kg Oven

29.08.2008 - Health & Safety Update
CORGI Scheme to be Replaced by CAPITA as of 1st April 2009

28.08.2008 - Health & Safety Update
£400,000 Fine Follows Double Quarry Fatality

27.08.2008 - International Standard Update
ISO 9001:2008 Set to be Implemented Later This Year

26.08.2008 - Employment Law Update
Government Consultation on Flexible Working

25.08.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Director Jailed for Manslaughter

22.08.2008 - Employment Law Update
Beautician Wins Sex Discrimination Case

21.08.2008 - Environmental Update
European Commission Warns Plans for Heathrow Expansion Will Breach Air Pollution Laws

20.08.2008 - Employment Law Update
Report Finds Ethnic Minority Lawyers Discriminated Against

19.08.2008 - Health, Safety & Environmental Update
New UK Regulations on Export and Import of Dangerous Chemicals

18.08.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Norfolk Activity Centre Prosecuted Following School Trip Incident

15.08.2008 - Employment Law Update
BERR Announcement on Tips and the Minimum Wage

14.08.2008 - Health & Safety Update
HSE Again Warns of Dangers of Working at Height After Fatal Fall

13.08.2008 - Environmental Update
£12,500 Fine for Water Pollution

12.08.2008 - Employment Law Update
Driver CPC Introduced in Less Than One Month

11.08.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Fall From Unprotected Wall Prompts Further Warnings on Work at Height

08.08.2008 - Health & Safety Update
2 Firms Fined a Total of £220,000 for Breaching Asbestos Laws

07.08.2008 - Employment Law Update
Poor English Leads to Disability Discrimination Claim

06.08.2008 - Environmental Update
Fine of Almost £50,000 for Accumulation of Liquid Waste

05.08.2008 - Employment Law Update
Crackdown on Rouge Employers

04.08.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Director Admits Manslaughter

01.08.2008 - Environmental Update
£30,000 Fine for Water Pollution

31.07.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Fine Follows Suspended Cradle Collapse Which Killed 1 and Injured 3

30.07.2008 - Employment Law Update
Barclays Joins 'Facial Discrimination' Campaign

29.07.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Construction Firm Fined for Putting Householders at Risk of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

28.07.2008 - Employment Law Update
Details of Proposed Anti-Discrimination Directive Published

25.07.2008 - Health & Safety Update
HSE Inspects Welsh Nursing Homes

24.07.2008 - Environmental Update
Groundwater Pollution Costs Shell UK Over £5,000,000

23.07.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Fall From Height Costs Refurbishment Company Over £10,000

22.07.2008 - Employment Law Update
Tribunal Service Issues Annual Report on Employment Tribunals

21.07.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Exposure to Hazardous Substances Costs Rolls Royce £120,000

18.07.2008 - Employment Law Update
Tribunal Rules That Marriage Registrar Was Harassed for Refusing to Conduct Same-Sex Ceremonies

17.07.2008 - Environmental Update
Draft Regulation on Standby Power for Electrical Goods

16.07.2008 - Employment Law Update
£4,000 Compensation for Hairdresser Refused Job Because of Headscarf

15.07.2008 - Health & Safety Update
HSE Ladder Exchange Starts in September

14.07.2008 - Employment Law Update
Retirement: Dismissal on Day Before 65th Birthday is Discriminatory

11.07.2008 - Health & Safety Update
£10,000 Fine Following Serious Fall Injuries

10.07.2008 - Environmental Update
Minimum Sustainability Standards Proposed for New Buildings in Wales

09.07.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Gas Fitters Warned to Ensure Safe Systems of Work

08.07.2008 - Employment Law Update
Strict Document Submission Time Limits Demonstrated by Tribunal

07.07.2008 - Employment Law Update
Consultation Paper on Amendments to Dispute Resolution & Others

04.07.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Head Crush Injuries Lead to £45,000 Fine

03.07.2008 - Health & Safety Update
2 Firms Fined £350,000 Each After Outbreak of Legionnaire's Disease

02.07.2008 - Employment Law Update
Name & Shame For Companies Employing Illegal Immigrants

01.07.2008 - Health & Safety Update
£20,000 Fine Following Fatal Burns

30.06.2008 - Environmental Update
3 Arrested in Illegal Waste Handling Enquiries

27.06.2008 - Environmental Update
Breach of Packaging Regulations Leads to Fine

26.06.2008 - Employment Law Update
Forthcoming Equalities Bill will Permit Positive Discrimination

25.06.2008 - Environmental Update
Prison Sentences for Dumping Waste

24.06.2008 - Employment Law Update
Sex Discrimination Costs MoD £250,000

23.06.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Petal Slip Costs Florist

20.06.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Weetabix Prosecuted After Man Loses Fingertips

19.06.2008 - Environmental Update
In The Courts - Waste Offences

18.06.2008 - Health & Safety Update
New Research Highlights the Importance of DSE Assessments

17.06.2008 - Employment Law Update
Employers Retain Right to Request Overtime

16.06.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Amended Construction Forms

13.06.2008 - Health & Safety Update
£50,000 Fine & £30,000 Costs Following Death of an Employee

12.06.2008 - Environmental Update
World's Largest Wind Farm to be Built Off Suffolk Coast

11.06.2008 - Employment Law Update
Successor's Pay Can't be Used as a Measure in Equal Pay Claims

10.06.2008 - Health & Safety Update
£7,000 Fine After Fingers Crushed in 60-Ton Power Press

09.06.2008 - Health & Safety Update
£18,000 Fine & £12,000 Costs After Fall Into Unsafe Excavation

06.06.2008 - Environmental Update
ICT Sector Urged to Tackle Energy Efficiency

05.06.2008 - Health & Safety Update
£5,000 Fine & £5,000 Costs Following Finger Loss in Unguarded Machine

04.06.2008 - Environmental Update
Details of New EU Air Quality Directive

03.06.2008 - Employment Law Update
Time to Present a Claim Under Dispute Resolution Procedures Extended by Court of Appeal

02.06.2008 - Health & Safety Update
HSE Alerts Printing Industry to Fatalities on Hand-Fed Platen Machines

30.05.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Hire Plant Must Be Safe

29.05.2008 - Employment Law Update
Controversial Employee Misconduct Database Comes Under Heavy Criticism

28.05.2008 - Employment Law Update
Sales Manager Made to Wear 'I'm Simple' Badge

27.05.2008 - Health & Safety Update
£265,000 Fine Plus Over £20,000 Costs for Breaches of Safety Legislation

23.05.2008 - Environmental Update
Fine of £7,000 for Poor Oil Storage Leading to River Pollution

22.05.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Construction Company Fined Following Workplace Transport Accident

21.05.2008 - Employment Law Update
School Teacher Claims His Baldness is a Disability

20.05.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Worker Loses Finger In Unguarded Circular Saw

19.05.2008 - Employment Law Update
Tribunal System Shake-Up

16.05.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Roofing Firm Owner Jailed for Manslaughter

15.05.2008 - Employment Law Update
£5,000 Award for Deaf Woman Turned Down for Interview

14.05.2008 - Employment Law Update
Sex Discrimination Case Results in £60,000 for Mother

13.05.2008 - Environmental Update
River Pollution Costs Company Almost £20,000

12.05.2008 - Health & Safety Update
£10,000 Fine Following Fall Injury

09.05.2008 - Environmental Update
£20,000 Fine for Breach of Packaging Regulations

08.05.2008 - Employment Law Update
Consultation Opened on Revised Discipline & Grievance Code of Practice

07.05.2008 - Environmental Update
20% Decrease in Waste Going to Landfill

06.05.2008 - Employment Law Update
Significant Increase in Prosecutions for Hiring Illegal Immigrants

02.05.2008 - Employment Law Update
Employment Retention Bill: Second Reading

01.05.2008 - Health & Safety Update
HSE Warns of Robust Enforcement Action

30.04.2008 - Health & Safety Update
£10,500 Fine After Worker Left Blind in One Eye

29.04.2008 - Employment Law Update
Court of Appeal Says Employers Must Prove Reason For Dismissal

28.04.2008 - Employment Law Update
HSBC Denies Allegations of Sex Discrimination & Unfair Dismissal at Tribunal

25.04.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Quarry Firm & Foreman Prosecuted

24.04.2008 - Environmental Update
Tesco to Begin Carbon Labelling

23.04.2008 - Environmental Update
Proposed Amendments to WEEE Directive

22.04.2008 - Employment Law Update
Transsexual Trucker Wins Sex Discrimination Case

21.04.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Exposed Electricity Cable Leaves Two Workmen Burned

18.04.2008 - Environmental Update
3 Companies Fined for Illegal Deposit of Waste in Stoke

17.04.2008 - Health & Safety Update
HSE Crane Safety Warning Following Death of Welder

16.04.2008 - Environmental Update
£35,000 For Breach of Waste Management License

15.04.2008 - Health & Safety Update
HSE Prosecutes Forklift Truck Driver

14.04.2008 - Employment Law Update
Major Changes to Existing Work Permit System

11.04.2008 - Employment Law Update
Dismissal Followed by Immediate Re-employment Not Classed as Redundancy

10.04.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Employer Found Liable for Suicide

09.04.2008 - Health & Safety Update
The Smoking Ban In Wales - One Year On

08.04.2008 - Environmental Update
Company Emissions Reporting Could Be Made Compulsory

07.04.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act in Force From Yesterday

04.04.2008 - Employment Law Update
Summary of April 2008 Employment Law Changes

03.04.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Two Companies Fined £30,000 Plus Costs After a Worker Loses Fingertips at Recycling Plant

02.04.2008 - Health, Safety & Environmental Update
Breach of COMAH Regulations Costs Shell Over £300,000

01.04.2008 - Employment Law Update
Conciliation Allowed After Expiry of Fixed Term in all Employment Tribunal Cases from Today

31.03.2008 - Environmental Update
Tougher Enforcement of Landfill Rules to Come

28.03.2008 - Environmental Update
In The Courts - Packaging Waste Offences

27.03.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Fine Following 89 Year Old Care Home Resident's Death

26.03.2008 - Employment Law Update
Case Study: How Is a Pregnant Worker Defined?

25.03.2008 - Health & Safety Update
£13,000 Fine After Employee Splashed With Molten Metal

24.03.2008 - Environmental Update
Efficient Use of Resources Could Save Millions for the Construction Industry

21.03.2008 - Employment Law Update
Claims of Homophobic Abuse Against a Heterosexual Dismissed at Employment Appeal Tribunal

20.03.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Changes to Noise Regulations for Entertainment Sector from 6th April

19.03.2008 - Environmental Update
Food & Drink Companies Risk Environmental Prosecution

18.03.2008 - Health & Safety Update
HSE Warns Employers to Conduct Suitable & Sufficient Risk Assessments Following 2 Deaths

17.03.2008 - Environmental Update
£12,000 Fine for Water Pollution

14.03.2008 - Employment Law Update
Record £13.4Million Bullying & Sex Discrimination Claim

13.03.2008 - Employment Law Update
Tribunal Service Delays Publishing of Judgements on Internet

12.03.2008 - Environmental Update
Major Changes to Environmental Permitting as of April 2008

11.03.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Marks & Spencer Sued For £300,000 Following Grape Slip Accident

10.03.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Work Stopped On 30% Of The 1,000 Construction Sites Visited By HSE In February

07.03.2008 - Employment Law Update
Employee Dismissed For Being 'Too Young'

06.03.2008 - Employment Law Update
Annual Increase In Minimum Wage

05.03.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Asbestos Ruling To Be Challenged

04.03.2008 - Environmental Update
SME's Still Unaware of WEEE Regulations

03.03.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Mock Corporate Manslaughter Interview Event

29.02.2008 - Employment Law Update
New Rules & Regulations For Migrant Workers

28.02.2008 - Health & Safety Update
New International Standard For Road Safety In Development

27.02.2008 - Employment Law Update
Prime Minister Refuses To Back Equal Employment Rights For Agency Workers

26.02.2008 - Environmental Update
In The Courts - Waste Offences

25.02.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Northumberland Contractors Urged To Protect Their Workers Refurbishment Workers From Death & Injury

22.02.2008 - Employment Law Update
Increase in Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay & Statutory Adoption Pay

21.02.2008 - Environmental Update
£1.27 Million Confiscation Order Issued After Environmental Violation

20.02.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Insurance Against Corporate Manslaughter

19.02.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Two Construction Companies Fined After Serious Injuries

18.02.2008 - Environmental Update
Construction Projects Over £300,000 Must Have a Site Waste Management Plan

15.02.2008 - Employment Law Update
Expired Disciplinary Warning Considered in Dismissal

14.02.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Merger of HSC / HSE

13.02.2008 - Environmental Update
In The Courts - Waste Offences

12.02.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Reversing Refuse Truck Kills Schoolgirl

11.02.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Employer Fined £200,000 After Scrapyard Worker is Killed by Moving Vehicle

08.02.2008 - Health & Safety Update
HSE Reminder on Manual Handling Responsibilities

07.02.2008 - Environmental Update
Record £225,000 Fine for Packaging Waste

06.02.2008 - Environmental Update
Construction & Quarrying Industries Among Those Affected by Consultation on Inert Waste

05.02.2008 - Corporate Social Responsibility Update
Carbon Footprint Supply Chain Initiative

04.02.2008 - Health & Safety Update
HSE Urges Employers to Make Regular Inspections of Equipment After Worker Loses Four Fingers

01.02.2008 - Employment Law Update
Employment Appeal Tribunal Rules No Entitlement to Sick Pay During Ordinary Maternity Leave

31.01.2008 - Environmental Update
Estimated £250 Million Loss in Trade for Pubs if Proposed Patio Heater Ban is Approved

30.01.2008 - Employment Law Update
Foreign Office Sued for Discrimination

29.01.2008 - Environmental Update
In The Courts - Waste Offences

28.01.2008 - Employment Law Update
Army Could Pay Out £400,00 For Sex Discrimination

25.01.2008 - Health & Safety & Employment Law Update
Failure to Conduct Expectant Mother Risk Assessments Amounts to Discrimination - Even if Nobody is Pregnant

24.01.2008 - Corporate Social Responsibility Update
New Survey Shows That 92% of SME's Are Engaged in Responsible Business Practice

23.01.2008 - Employment Law Update
Pregnant Executive Wins Claim After Boss Said She Would Become 'Useless'

22.01.2008 - Employment Law Update
£100,000 Award for Sexual & Racial Discrimination

21.01.2008 - Health & Safety Update
HSC Welcomes the Establishment of the 'Risk & Regulation Advisory Council'

18.01.2008 - Employment Law Update
Compensation for Bouncer Bullied Because of Sexuality

17.01.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Family Disappointment at £30,000 Fine for Crush Death

16.01.2008 - Employment Law Update
Disability Discrimination Brings Record Damages Award

15.01.2008 - Health & Safety Update
HSE Slips, Trips & Falls from Height Campaign 2008

14.01.2008 - Environmental Update
Companies Must Come Clean on Carbon Neutrality

11.01.2008 - Health & Safety Update
HSE Warning After Employee Injured by Overturned Truck

10.01.2008 - Environmental Update
Environment Agency Study Shows Vast Improvements

09.01.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Further HSE Warnings on Work at Height

08.01.2008 - Environmental Update
In The Courts - Waste Offences

07.01.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Fall Injury Prompts HSE Warning on Work at Height

04.01.2008 - Employment Law Update
Annual Increase in Compensation Limits

03.01.2008 - Employment Law Update
Employee Internet Usage During Work Time - How Should Your Business Manage This Issue?

02.01.2008 - Health & Safety Update
Failure to Report Accidents Costs Travelodge £20,000

01.01.2008 - Happy New Year!
On behalf of all at Crownford we would like to wish you a happy and successful 2008