10 Feb 2021
National Apprenticeship Week began on 8 February. This year's theme is 'Build The Future.' With 20 years of experience in progressing employees through apprenticeships, Forbes Solicitors has helped build futures and this year has been no different and has been as successful, despite the…
Regulatory
21 Jan 2021
Tesco Stores Limited has recently been fined £536,000 by magistrates after a 10-year-old child got an electric shock in its branch in Warfield, Bracknell. The supermarket giant was sentenced at Reading Magistrates Court on 15 December having pleaded guilty to two health and safety offences…
Regulatory
21 Jan 2021
Lightwater Valley Attractions Ltd was fined following an incident where a child was thrown from its Twister ride. On 30 May 2019, a child was ejected from the Twister ride at Lightwater Valley Theme Park in Ripon, North Yorkshire resulting in serious head injuries. An investigation by the…
Regulatory
21 Jan 2021
Craig MacKenzie has recently acted for an individual charged with breaches of data protection law brought before the Manchester Crown Court. The case has received a significant amount of media interest and highlights the significance of data protection law and the potential consequences of criminal…
Regulatory
18 Jan 2021
On 4 January, the prime minister announced that the country would be going into the third national lockdown in less than a year and the advice reverted to stay at home except where absolutely necessary for limited legally permitted reasons. Many businesses are required to close again, and workers…
Regulatory
29 Oct 2020
As larger proportions of the national workforce have incrementally been returning to the workplace, the issues faced by those industries which have continued to operate during lockdown are coming under greater scrutiny. The most significant of these factors is ensuring that the workplace is COVID-secure…
Regulatory
14 Oct 2020
The guidance document 'Occupational Health advice for employers and pregnant woman during the COVID-19 pandemic' has been archived. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) had produced…
Regulatory
16 Jul 2020
With a greater reliance by General Practitioners on the use of the Instant Messaging (IM) service within their practice when using the clinical SystmOne IT platform, there is an increasing risk of unintentionally using the system inappropriately; thereby resulting in action being taken by the General…
Regulatory
13 Jul 2020
On the 1st July 2020, the HSE released the annual figures for 2019/20 for workplace fatal injuries reportable under RIDDOR and falling within their jurisdiction as enforcement authority. The figures as yet are provisional and will be finalised in July 2021. What are the Key trends shown by the…
Regulatory
10 Jul 2020
Craig MacKenzie and Rod Hall recently defended a prosecution brought by a Local Authority following the death of a 25 year old customer who fell from height after leaving a night club. Forbes represented the company and one of the directors. The company was charged with offences contrary to the…
Regulatory
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