We meet the men who forced the HSE to overhaul its FFI disputes process. [Read More...]

Michael Appleby Interview With Lexis Nexis [Read More...]

If you would like to know more about the Judicial Review we are holding a seminar on Monday 20 March 2017, 5pm to 6pm. This seminar is free to attend. [Read More...]

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has settled a judicial review of its dispute process under its Fee for Intervention Scheme (FFI) out of court before the planned High Court hearing on 8 March 2017. [Read More...]

Following the application made by Micheal Appleby (Partner at FSW) on behalf OCS Group UK Limited for a judicial review of the The Health & Safety Executive appeals process for its fee for intervention scheme, the HSE has agreed to consult with stakeholders about how to make the process independent.A spokesperson for HSE said: “HSE has always kept the dispute process under review and following a recent application for a judicial review we believe the time is right to move to a dispute process which is completely independent of HSE.”The current position is that the consent order has been [Read More...]

The issue of appealing enforcement notices, along with Fee For Intervention (FFI) invoices is one companies must consider carefully. It must always be borne in mind that if an Enforcement Notice is not appealed, then the validity of that Notice cannot be challenged in any subsequent prosecution for breach of the Notice. Similarly, if an FFI invoice is paid without complaint, you are effectively agreeing that your organisation committed a ‘material breach’ of health and safety regulations because a FFI invoice can only be issued if a ‘material breach’ is found by an inspector. [Read More...]

Earlier this week, Michael Ashley, owner of Sport’s Direct, confessed on BBC Breakfast that he had a lack of intimate knowledge regarding the running of his business warehouse. Mr Ashley said, "You would be surprised how little I knew about what was going on and that's really where the failing was. [Read More...]

Mike Appleby joins Fisher Scoggins Waters as a Partner in its well established health and safety department. [Read More...]