by Russell Worth | Aug 30, 2013 | News, Personal Injury
Trust and confidence are central to any employment relationship, as a case involving a nurse who claimed to have been subjected to a course of bullying and harassment in the workplace showed when she triumphed in an unfair constructive dismissal claim. The senior...
by Russell Worth | Aug 28, 2013 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, News
A Forest of Dean engineering company has been fined after one of its workers injured his hand in a machine on which a safety lock had been intentionally disabled. The man, who does not wish to be named, nearly lost a finger whilst trying to clear metal debris from a...
by Russell Worth | Aug 27, 2013 | asbestosis compensation, Industrial Disease, News
A former railway worker from Derby has died of an industrial disease. Harry Roome, who was 83-years-old, died in July this year after a long illness and trouble breathing. Mr Roome had spent 27 years working with asbestos at the Derby Litchurch Lane Works. He was...
by Russell Worth | Aug 22, 2013 | Accident at Work, Car Accidents
A freight company based in Suffolk has been fined after a forklift truck load collapsed onto one its workers, breaking his back. Neil Jennings from Ipswich was waiting for his trailer to be loaded when one of the forklifts that was loading hit a pothole. The vehicle...
by Russell Worth | Aug 21, 2013 | asbestosis compensation, Industrial Disease, mesothelioma, News
A man who previously worked as a shipyard worker died because of a combination of natural causes and industrial disease, an inquest has heard. Brian Rigg, 71, died at his home in Barrow, Cumbria in March of this year. Prior to his death, he suffered several health...
