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  • Served with a Prohibition Notice? Here’s what you need to know

    Served with a Prohibition Notice? Here’s what you need to know

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    Prohibition Notices don’t just stop a particular – possibly business critical – activity. They are also listed on a public regi…

  • Fees for Intervention: What they are and when to dispute them

    Fees for Intervention: What they are and when to dispute them

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    Breaching health and safety laws is expensive. Here, we explore when a business might face costs for a material breach, when an…

  • Production Orders and what you should do if you receive one

    Production Orders and what you should do if you receive one

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    A Production Order typically requires a business or a person to provide access to material in their possession that is useful t…

  • A year in review: what the latest HSE statistics tell us about worker safety in 2024

    A year in review: what the latest HSE statistics tell us about worker safety in 2024

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    The Health & Safety Executive’s latest report on work-related fatalities paints a lamentably familiar picture. Here, we outline…

  • Will a recent case in the Court of Appeal erode the right to silence?

    Will a recent case in the Court of Appeal erode the right to silence?

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    A recent decision by the Court of Appeal has highlighted the consequences of failing to answer questions in the early stages of…

  • Giving confidential data to the police

    Giving confidential data to the police

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    When the police need your organisation’s confidential data, does GDPR allow you to provide them? Here we consider the issues.

  • Greater penalties for dangerous driving: managing the risks when driving for work

    Greater penalties for dangerous driving: managing the risks when driving for work

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    Last year, significant changes were made to the sentencing guidelines for driving offences in England & Wales, including the in…

  • How to safeguard your organisation against a GDPR breach

    How to safeguard your organisation against a GDPR breach

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    Breaching GDPR obligations is not only reputationally damaging – it’s expensive. Here, we discuss what the current data protect…

  • Dawn raids: What are they and who has the power to carry one out?

    Dawn raids: What are they and who has the power to carry one out?

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    A dawn raid is an unannounced visit by a regulatory body to gather evidence of suspected non-compliance with legal obligations.…

  • Poor working conditions costing £20.7bn, and other key takeaways from the HSE’s latest statistics

    Poor working conditions costing £20.7bn, and other key takeaways from the HSE’s latest statistics

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    This week, the Health & Safety Executive published its statistics on work-related health and safety. In this insight we highlig…

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