Introduction The Building Safety Act (BSA) has now been given Royal Assent, which requires all those involved in planning and phased construction to adhere to…
On the 8th of August 2020, the Local Government Association (“LGA”) called for a new temporary public health or COVID-19 licensing objective to be inserted into…
This was the legal question posed to the High Court by a large national retailer in March 2020. Consumers might argue that in circumstances where…
This article first appeared here and is republished with the kind permission of New Law Journal How far does the state’s duty of care extend…
In her article, “Duty of care: Inadequate safety nets?”, New Law Journal, 168(7849): 11-12, 19 July 2019, Laura Davidson critiques the ECtHR’s recent failures in Fernandes de Oliveira v Portugal [2019]…
Barrister Bernard Thorogood led the prosecution as a company was fined £1.33 million after a woman was killed by debris blown off a building roof…
No5 Barristers’ Chambers is pleased to announce the strengthening of its list of Specialist Regulatory Advocates undertaking regulatory prosecutions in fields that include Health and…
The property management firm responsible for Wolverhampton’s Mander Centre at the time of a fatal accident in 2017 has admitted breaching the Health and Safety…
Tim Pole acted for the Health and Safety Executive to prosecute a case in which a Leicester company was fined £50,000 with £8,825 costs. CPS…
A leading expert in regulatory law recently completed the successful prosecution of a Cradley Heath timber merchant for a breach in health and safety. Tim…
The new year has begun with three important appeal decisions that will be of particular interest to anyone practising in Health and Safety (“H&S”) law. They cover…
Adam Farrer represented the prosecution in a case brought by the Health and Safety Executive against the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust. On 19th July…
Adam Farrer represented the prosecution in a case brought by the Health and Safety Executive against the University of Northumbria at Newcastle. The University…
Corporate Crime analysis: Alex Stein, barrister at No5 Chambers specialising in criminal and regulatory law, looks ahead to the likely developments in 2016 in the…
Corporate Crime analysis: Alex Stein, barrister at No5 Chambers specialising in criminal and regulatory law, looks at the most significant developments in 2015 in the…