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I guess its down to local law but to me, this isn't "Murder". Murder implies intent to kill. Not that its an issue, just feels weird to have it called murder. The original charges were 'manslaughter' but perhaps it changed over the past 8 years. Equally, the degree of culpability might ha...

Well it's too late to be Monday, Morning, but at least it's still Monday. A big part of my day has been taking my granddaughter for her flu vaccine. She missed it when they came to the school as she was off that day awaiting a PCR result, or something. Today, was the only appointment her mum could g...

-Gross Negligence Manslaughter: Who prosecutes (the Police?), what Act does this fall under and what are the penalties? The Police as it is a separate offence above the H&S offences; it is a Common Law offence In order for someone to be convicted of gross negligence manslaughter, the prosecutio...

Can you be prosecuted for breach of a regulation or is it the HSWA you get prosecuted against? If so what are the penalties? Could you please point me in the direction of applicable info on the internet. In short, the answer is... It depends ...on what happened and how specific the circumstances we...

Yet another individual's opinion being touted as 'fact'. Clearly they can't take 10 minutes over it, the place must be broken down into manageable areas, but 60 seconds is ridiculous. I think most Fire safety plans I've seen it specified in, it's been 2 minutes. Although I did see one, when I was ju...

Briefly, my wife had hers replaced about 4 years ago. Hers was painful and she had lost most of the ability to move the leg outwards, it only went backwards and forwards. The Ball Joint had become more like an elbow or knee in it's range of movement. We used to walk miles at weekends perhaps 10-12 o...

I would say it's an HMRC matter, because they're the ones that control 'Company perks'....
Perhaps start looking here?
https://www.gov.uk/tax-company-benefits ... mpany-cars

Wow! I was first taken aback by an Executive Summary which stretched to 21 page. Few Executive Summaries ever get anywhere near that. When I started reading it realised what a shambles their entire system is. The actual report is 350 pages. For comparison, the Clutha Police Helicopter Crash Report w...

Morning Sandra
I've not been in for several months, which is a bit naughty of me....
An overcast dreary day around where I am.

https://youtu.be/pAgNgAG5yac

Morning Penfold As it's a 'Quick Fix' you're looking for, how about fixing some suitable handles to the posts, to enable a better grip and leverage. They may be 15 Kgs or so each, I can't imagine much more, but there will be the 'stickion' to overcome. As people have presumably been lifting them reg...

Morning All Just finishing off some presentation stuff for a client's training session tomorrow. 'Risk Assessments ...or Pre Accident Investigation' ... Snappy tile eh.. Got to switch the thought process to undertaking suitable RAs. Their current ones are pages and pages of drivel, barely 10% releva...

Amazing that people are commenting about 'people reading the risk assessment'. There is no requirement for employees to read a risk assessment. Many more complex risk assessments will likely be totally beyond the comprehension and understanding of the people that most need to be protected. The Risk ...