General damages increase ruling published

The Court of Appeal in England this week amended a ruling that would have led to an increase in general damages in most civil cases from 1st April 2013. The general background to the case is the balanced package of measures recommended in the final report of the Review of Civil Litigation Costs produced by […]

Firms fined for fall down lift shaft

Three companies were ordered to pay a total of £232,000 in fines and costs after two workers on an Exeter building site suffered severe injuries when the platform they were working on collapsed and fell four storeys down a lift shaft. One of the companies had been served with a prohibition notice by the HSE […]