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Stewardess sues BA after injury at work

Friday, 22 July 2011
Lawford Kidd
Accident at Work

An air hostess is suing her employer, British Airways, after she was hit on the head by a falling ice canister while at work, reports the London Evening Standard. The 41-year old was fetching a drink for a passenger from the rear galley of the plane when the incident took place in 2008. The injury […]

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Firm prosecuted after workers set alight

Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Lawford Kidd
Accident at Work

A global packaging firm has been fined £90,000 after two workers suffered life-threatening injuries when they were engulfed by a fireball at a factory in Cumbria. The two workers were about to clean debris from a damaged fuse box when a ball of fire shot out, setting their clothes alight. The HSE investigation found that […]

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Damages (Scotland) Act in force

Thursday, 7 July 2011
Lawford Kidd
Personal Injury

The Damages (Scotland) Act 2011 is now in force. It is intended to overhaul the system of obtaining damages for wrongful death – where a person suffers injury or disease as a result of the wrongful actions or omissions of another. The new rules should speed up the legal process, and make it easier for […]

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Companies fined for double fish farm deaths

Tuesday, 5 July 2011
Lawford Kidd
Accident at Work

Two companies have been fined a total of £640,000 following the death of two fish farm workers on a barge moored at a salmon farm on Loch Creran, Argyll & Bute. Scottish Sea Farms worker, Campbell Files and engineer Arthur Raikes – employed by Logan Inglis Limited, Cumbernauld – were fixing a hydraulic crane on […]

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David Sandison on the Government’s Response to the Scottish Civil Courts Review Recommendations

Sunday, 3 July 2011
Lawford Kidd
Personal Injury Law Scotland

As published in the Scots Law Times earlier this year, David Sandison discusses the likely impact of the Scottish Government’s response to the recommendations of the Scottish Civil Courts Review. The Scottish Government, on 11 November 2010, published its response to the Civil Courts Review. The response confirms the government’s acceptance of “the vision provided […]