Polski Dzial The Cost of Going to Court
Holyrood’s Justice Committee has begun its scrutiny of the Civil Litigation Bill and has launched a call for evidence seeking views on the cost of going to court. The aim of the Bill is to improve access to justice in the civil courts by making the costs associated with bringing a civil action, such as […]
Statistics Reveal Fall in Number of Personal Injury Cases
There was a fall in the number of personal injury cases initiated in the Scottish civil courts in 2015-16, according to the latest civil justice statistics from Scotland’s Chief Statistician. In total, 77,721 civil law cases were initiated across the Court of Session, sheriff courts and the newly established Sheriff Personal Injury Court in 2015-16 […]
Protecting EU Consumers from Dangerous Products
The European Commission has recently published its latest report on the Rapid Alert System for dangerous products. What is the Rapid Alert System? The system ensures that information about dangerous products withdrawn from the market and/or recalled from consumers anywhere in Europe is quickly circulated between Member States and the European Commission, so that appropriate […]
Compensation for Medical Negligence
The care received in hospitals in the UK is generally of a high standard, but sometimes mistakes are made, which can have tragic consequences for patients and their families. Misdiagnosis Leads to Fatal Injury In one such case, medical errors led to the death of a woman in Leicester Royal Infirmary in 2010. Her husband […]
Fatal Accidents in the Waste and Recycling Sector
The waste industry can be a hazardous sector to work in, with 5% of workers sustaining a non-fatal work-related injury every year, and a further 5% developing an illness they believe to be work-related. In the last five years, Health and Safety Executive figures show that 30 waste industry workers lost their lives at work, […]
Workers Continue to Lose Their Lives
Fatal accidents at work are unfortunately an all too common occurrence. Figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have revealed a downward trend in the rate of fatal injuries in the workplace over the past 20 years, but there are suggestions that this has been levelling off in recent years. The latest figures from […]
New Sheriff Appeal Court Opens
Scotland’s new Sheriff Appeal Court now has jurisdiction to hear civil appeals from sheriff courts. The court was launched in September last year with jurisdiction in criminal cases. It subsequently acquired its jurisdiction and competence in civil cases on 1st January this year. The new court, which is presided over by Appeal Sheriffs, aims to […]
Growing Political Support for Occupational Cancers Campaign
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health’s (IOSH) No Time to Lose campaign has recently received the backing of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Skin (APPG), which raises awareness of skin-related issues at Parliament. Members of APPG have endorsed IOSH’s efforts to highlight through the campaign the link between solar radiation exposure and work-related cancer […]
Ireland Experiences Rise in Personal Injury Claims
The Injuries Board in Ireland saw a 7% increase in new personal injury claims in the first six months of 2015 compared to the same period last year, taking the total number of new claims received to 17,132. The Injuries Board is the independent statutory body which makes personal injury compensation awards in Ireland. Of […]
Waste Company in Court over Worker’s Death
A waste management company has been fined for safety failings after a worker was killed when he was struck by a vehicle at a Watford waste transfer station. Patrick Murphy had worked as a groundsman at the site since 2004 and was struck and run over by a JCB loading shovel as he was clearing […]