Alexander Dennis Limited – a national bus and coach manufacturer based in Edinburgh – has been fined for ignoring numerous warnings regarding the safety of its workers.
Read moreLandlord’s £13,000 fine is reduced after tenants are blamed for damage
A landlord in Bolton who was fined £13,000 for letting out sub-standard accommodation has had his fine reduced after making a successful appeal.
Read moreFirm fined after worker dies from forklift truck incident
A Lincolnshire transport and storage firm – George H Kime and Co Ltd – has been prosecuted after one of its workers died while loading a metal frame onto a lorry.
Read moreRestraining order given to man for harassing his neighbour
Stephen Johnson, a 46-year-old man from Burton-upon-Trent in Staffordshire, has been ordered to keep away from his neighbour, Crystal Barnett.
Read moreEU court rules that Lego figures are a ‘protected shape’
Following a legal challenge from a rival company, the General Court of the European Union has ruled that Lego’s distinctively shaped human figures are a protected trademark and therefore cannot be copied.
Read moreWhen a simple will is not always best…
It’s regularly reported that too few people make a will, with 2014 figures suggesting that 57 per cent of UK adults have yet to do so.
Read moreEssex County Council fined after rock-climbing novice fell at an activity centre
Essex County Council has been fined over £10,000 after a climber fell from a climbing wall at an activity centre it managed in Harlow.
Read moreMPs call for law to ensure that landlords provide cooking facilities
Members of Feeding Britain – an all-party group of MPs – have called for there to be a legal requirement for landlords to provide basic cooking appliances.
Read moreLandlord fined because his tenant was left without hot water
Peter Bedlow, a landlord in Reading, was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay over £2,000 in costs after he failed to ensure a tenant in his property was able to access hot water.
Read moreConstruction firm sentenced after worker sustains life-changing injuries
Race Interiors Ltd, a London-based construction company, has been sentenced by Southwark Crown Court after admitting that its health and safety failings resulted in an employee falling through a skylight roof.
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