Regulatory
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The Health & Safety Executive has released its annual report on 2017/18 workplace fatal injuries reportable to HSE, local authorities or the Office of Rail and Road under RIDDOR (Reporting...
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Revised rules mean that police and DVSA examiners will be able to issue up to five fixed penalty offers to commercial drivers for drivers’ hours breaches that will now include...
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As owner or manager of a care home or of a care service you are required to operate it in a fully compliant way. The overarching objective of the regulatory...
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It is 12 months since the increase from three to six penalty points for a held-hand mobile telephone or a hand-held device offence, with a fixed penalty offer raised from...
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Revised rules mean that police and DVSA examiners will be able to issue fixed penalty offers to commercial drivers for drivers’ hours breaches that are ‘historical offences’ i.e. they will...
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Consultation on proposals to tackle crime and poor performance in the waste sector & introduce a new fixed penalty for the waste duty of care. The government is looking to...
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Based in Reedham in Norfolk, Pettitts Animal Adventure Park is an increasingly popular family entertainment park, consisting of rides and play areas for young children as well as a host...
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Regulatory Partner Tim Ridyard spoke yesterday at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry at the Freight Transport Association (FTA) national Fleet Engineer Conference 2017. Along with key industry speakers, he spoke about gross negligence manslaughter,...
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Ashtons are delighted to announce that they have been shortlisted in The Legal 500 UK 2018 awards for their work with the transport sector. Partner Tim Ridyard joined Ashtons in early...
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A change to the enforcement approach relating to weekly rests and where they can be taken came into force on 1 November 2017. Separately, a change in the scope of...
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Two changes relating to fixed penalty offers issued by DVSA and police for tachograph and drivers’ hours offences are soon to be made. The maximum number of different offences for...
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HSE (Health and Safety Executive) work-related fatal accident figures for April 2016 to March 2017 have been published. Sadly, there were 137 fatalities in that period though this is the...
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