The Environment Bill has bow returned to Parliament. It aims is to make provision for targets, plans and polices for improving the natural environment. [Read More...]

Responsibility for the exchange of documents between parties in an injury claim may fall upon a safety professional. So what has to be submitted and are there grounds for refusal? [Read More...]

A great evening celebrating the launch of HSE and Environment Agency Prosecution: The New Climate, at Bloomsbury HQ. [Read More...]

Courts can be overreliant on ‘common sense’ in risk assessment cases. It is time for guidance similar to that which governs statistical evidence. IOSH Magazine article by Michael Appleby and Dr Louise Smail. [Read More...]

The judgement of the Court of Appeal has confirmed that an Approved Inspector pursuant to Part II of the Building Act 1984 when carrying out building control functions does not owe a duty of care under section 1 of the Defective Premises Act 1972 (DPA). [Read More...]

iosh Magazine Book Review [Read More...]

More directors and managers are being prosecuted for health and safety offences. Why is this and will it lead to safer workplaces? By Michael Appleby [Read More...]

Last month Alwyn Thomas, director of Devon based company Celtic Rock Services Ltd, pleaded guilty to section breaching 37 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and received a 12 week prison sentence suspended for one year [Read More...]