All posts by Mark Bowers

In a landmark decision applying to properties in England and Wales, on 20 May, the Court of Appeal reversed a ruling that prohibited recovering consequential losses from the police after a riot.

Firm fined for failure of asbestos communication A Battersea building firm was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £2,857 in costs after failing to highlight the known presence of asbestos insulating board (AIB) at a Berkshire warehouse, exposing workers to potential harm when the AIB was ripped out during refurbishment work.

Occupational injuries and diseases are not limited to sore wrists and the occasional cold.

Occupational disease is a complex, difficult problem.