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Important 2012 health & safety considerations
05 Feb 2012The past year has been a challenging one for many companies. With an inevitable emphasis on reducing costs, compliance with health and safety legislation and the expense associated with it has been and will remain a significant issue for all businesses; especially in the SME sector. Bruce Howorth, Partner in Hay & Kilner’s Health & [...]
Tougher health and safety penalties
29 Jun 2010Businesses that break health and safety rules face substantially tougher penalties, following the recently introduced Health and Safety Offences Act 2008. Hay & Kilner Solicitors’ health & safety specialist, Bruce Howorth, commented:“Some of the changes are very significant. For example, the maximum penalty that a lower court, such as a Magistrates Court, can impose has [...]
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Sentences for fatal accidents
29 Jun 2010The Sentencing Guidelines Council has published guidance for Judges sentencing companies and other commercial bodies for corporate manslaughter and breaches of health and safety legislation which cause death. As a result we can now say the likely starting point for fines for corporate manslaughter is £1/2m and potentially much more. Corporate manslaughter is committed when [...]