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Waste firm fined over employee fall
8/4/2010
A waste management firm in the West Midlands has been fined £12,000 after a worker was seriously injured in a three-metre fall, narrowly missing a crushing machine.
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Nurse loses discrimination case
7/4/2010
A nurse who refused to remove a necklace while at work has lost her claim for religious discrimination.
Shirley Chaplin, 54, is a Christian who claimed that removing her crucifix w...
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£2bn claim over Abramovich 'threat'
1/4/2010
A bid to throw out a £2 billion claim against the owner of Chelsea Football Club has failed.
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Firm fined £8,000 over arm accident
31/3/2010
A construction company has been fined £8,163 after an employee lost one of his arms in a workplace accident.
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Firm fined £6,922 over drill mishap
30/3/2010
An engineering company has been fined £6,922 after an employee got his arm trapped in a drilling machine.
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Firm fined over safeguarding liquid
29/3/2010
A York-based hazardous waste recycling firm which admitted failing to safeguard flammable liquid used in an attack on the business has been fined £40,000.
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Digger accident firm handed fines
26/3/2010
A firm which broke health and safety law when a construction worker was run over by a digger has been prosecuted.
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£19,000 fine over faulty boiler
25/3/2010
Two landlords and a gas engineer have been fined a total of £19,000 after a mother and daughter became severely ill because of carbon monoxide from a sub-standard boiler.
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Firms fined over brain damaged man
24/3/2010
Two Yorkshire companies have been fined £2,000 each over an accident at a student accommodation refurbishment which left a worker with brain damaged.
Self-employed Trevor Daw...
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Construction firm fined over fall
23/3/2010
A construction company has been fined £4,000 after an 17-year-old joiner fell from the first floor of a development, injuring his head and legs.
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Jordan's ex-manager wins damages
22/3/2010
"Substantial" damages have been accepted by Katie Price's former manager over a slanderous claim that she had an affair with Peter Andre.
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£10,000 fine in lead poisoning case
19/3/2010
A Scotland-based restoration company has been fined £10,000 after two of its employees were admitted to hospital with acute lead poisoning.
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