A lorry driver has been jailed for two and a half years, and banned from the road for six years and three months after causing…
Earlier this year DEFRA sought views on proposals to enhance the enforcement powers to tackle entrenched non-compliance at waste operation sites. Over 2100 organisations in…
Following a review brought by the police in January 2015 one of Essex’s major independent hotels was banned from using its outdoor space or nightclub…
In R (on the Prosecution of the Environment Agency) v Thames Water Utilities Limited [2015] EWCA (Crim) 960, Thames Water appealed against a sentence by…
A motorist has been found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving and pleaded a judge not to send her to jail because she was…
No5 Barrister, Gordon Wignall, will be speaking at an event that the British Institute of International and Comparative Law are holding on the 8th December 2014, which is…
PC Simon Abell, 42, Nottinghamshire, has been handed a six-month sentence, suspended for one year, after he pleaded guilty to a single count of misconduct…
Employers Beware – naming and shaming those who don’t pay the NMW. Regulatory enforcement of the minimum wage is explored by Jessica Smeaton. Earlier this…
In March 2014 Adam acted for the Health and Safety Executive at the Inquest into the death of a female patient who was being detained…
Raymond Shepherd, who ran Albert Hill Skip Hire in Darlington, has been found guilty of operating a regulated facility without a permit, failing to comply…
On Friday 8 November 2013 at Stoke Crown Court Bernard Thorogood and Rex Tedd QC prosecuted Abele View Limited, which Company’s safety errors led to…
By Gemma Roberts and Mugni Islam-Choudhury The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 [‘ERRA’] received Royal Assent on 25 April 2013, bringing some significant changes…
Kevin Leigh, a member of No5’s licensing group and specialist in taxi licensing law, spoke at a recent event organised by Westminster Briefing and attended…
By Anthony Korn The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill was introduced into the House of Commons on 23 May 2012. Anthony Korn reviews the proposed…
By Melanie McDonald The concept of “impairment of fitness to practise” in healthcare regulatory proceedings has always been slightly problematic. Smith LJ in the Fifth…