Risk Management

As a director can I be prosecuted for health and safety failings in my company? Yes.

Gordon Sewell, May 10 2024

This can occur in circumstances where the offence in question has been committed with the consent or connivance of the individual or when the offence was attributable to any neglect on the part of the director or manager. In this situation, consent, connivance and neglect have the following

Legal Insights

Is it worth a risk?

Gordon Sewell, May 10 2024

Goethe may have said that "the dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety", however this is not the case when it comes to the health, safety and well being of your employees and workers. The employees had no method statement to follow when they climbed onto the roof and there were no preventative measures in place to prevent a fall...