by Russell Worth | Mar 30, 2015 | asbestosis compensation, Claims, Industrial Disease, mesothelioma, News
A terminally ill gentleman is taking legal action against his former employer after it was claimed he was exposed to asbestos through his work. 80-year-old Brian Houghton, a father-of-four from Fife, Scotland has been diagnosed with an incurable form of mesothelioma...
by Russell Worth | Mar 30, 2015 | Claims, Medical Negligence, News
Occupancy rates for critical care beds in England’s hospitals reached their highest point last month, posing a potential threat to patients. 88.1% of adult critical care beds were occupied at England’s NHS hospitals in February, leaving patients at an increased risk...
by Russell Worth | Mar 27, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, Faulty Equipment, News, Personal Injury
A Cheshire ice-cream manufacturer has appeared in court after a worker’s finger was cut off by a machine. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Tattenhall Dairy Products Ltd, producer of Cheshire Farm Ice Cream, citing safety failings. The incident happened...
by Russell Worth | Mar 26, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, Injury at Work, News
A toy distributor in Lancashire and a builder have appeared in court after a worker plunged to his death in the workplace. 39-year-old Craig Gray from Fleetwood had been assisting with the removal of debris from a warehouse roof at Halsall Toys Europe Ltd in July 2012...
by Russell Worth | Mar 25, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
The Court of Appeal has ruled that, although employers are under a duty to carry out careful assessments of risks run by workers going about their jobs, the duty does not extend to such everyday matters as walking up and down stairs. A receptionist suffered ligament...
by Russell Worth | Mar 25, 2015 | asbestosis compensation, Claims, Industrial Disease, News, occupational cancers
A Leeds trader has been handed a suspended jail sentence after he was found to be exposing occupants of a property in Bramhope and workers to potentially hazardous levels of asbestos fibres. 49-year-old Clive Raper, trading as Bramley Asbestos Removals, accepted a job...
