News: Health & Safety

HSE and training organisations to offer free asbestos training

October 10, 2011

Despite the fact that it should not be present in buildings that have been built or refurbished at least within the last 10 years, each week approximately 20 tradespeople die from asbestos related diseases.

HSE and training providers are working together to promote and provide a number of free asbestos awareness training places. During October and November, training providers will be delivering free training across the country.

Information on when and where these courses are being held and who to contact can be found by following the attached link:

http://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/training-pledge/pledge-area.htm

Violence at Work - Vicarious Liability

February 21, 2012
We came across an interesting couple of cases that clearly set out two different sets of circumstances in which an employee sought to hold their employer vicariously liable for the violent actions of a fellow employee.  One was agreed whilst the other was not…
 
 
It has been said in some quarters that vicarious liability is an old fashioned aspect that doesn't really feature in modern civil/compensation/liability arguments!

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