Polski Dzial Reducing Drink-Related Road Traffic Accidents this Christmas
The issue of drink driving is very much under the spotlight at this time of year, with the police, Government and various road safety organisations all launching their festive anti-drink driving campaigns in an attempt to reduce the number of injuries and deaths occurring on the roads. UK Government Targets Young Males The UK Government’s […]
COPFS Announces Fatal Accident Inquiries
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has announced that it will be using new legislation to hold, for the first time, a joint Fatal Accident Inquiry. The announcement follows investigations into two separate fatal accidents at motor sport events. An FAI will be held within the Lothian and Borders Sheriffdom to consider the […]
Calls for Decisive Action as Scottish Road Deaths Rise
Brake, the road safety charity, has called upon the Scottish Government to take steps to reverse an increase in the number of deaths on Scotland’s roads. The latest statistics from Transport Scotland have revealed that 200 people were killed in 2014, which is an increase of 16% over 2013.There was also a 1% increase in […]
Lords Urged to Scrap Deregulation Bill Clause
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has once again called on the House of Lords to scrap Clause 1 of the Government’s Deregulation Bill. As it stands, the clause will amend health and safety law to exempt certain self-employed workers from the general health and safety duty for themselves and non-employees, except if […]
Greenock Company Fined over Crush Injury
An engineering firm based in Greenock has pled guilty to charges of failing to ensure the health and safety of its employees, after a worker was crushed by a steel lathe. The incident occurred in February 2012, when three employees at the company’s factory in Clarence Street, Greenock, were working to relocate the steel lathe. […]
Consultation report on no-fault compensation
The Scottish Government has recently published its report on the consultation it carried out on recommendations for no-fault compensation in Scotland for injuries resulting from clinical treatment. The No-fault Compensation Review Group was established in 2009 to consider the potential benefits for patients in Scotland of such a scheme. The consultation, which ended in December […]