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Liability & legionnaires’ disease, by Matthew Chapman & Paul McClorry

Emma Davies prescribes a regulatory health check

Kenneth Warner examines causation & industrial disease

Meghann McTague summarises the outcome of a fun day, a fight & fallout from a Scout game

Steve Tombs & David Whyte highlight the dangers of reducing corporate prosecutions

Karen O’Sullivan considers the suitability of protective equipment

Does Lord Young’s report represent a return to common sense? Atiyah Malik & Alistair Kinley report

David Branson explores the differences between criminal & civil liability for health & safety

Lisa Hatch weighs up the evidential value of the new style sick notes for disability discrimination claims

The Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC) issued “definitive guidelines” in relation to corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death on 9 February 2010. Every court must consider these when sentencing organisations on or after 15 February 2010, irrespective of whether the relevant prosecution was commenced before this date.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gardner Leader—Charlotte Botham & Belinda Sinnott

Gardner Leader—Charlotte Botham & Belinda Sinnott

Law firm strengthens real estate team with two new partners

DR Solicitors—Sarah Cook

DR Solicitors—Sarah Cook

DR Solicitors strengthens primary care expertise with appointment of legal director

Womble Bond Dickinson—David Varney

Womble Bond Dickinson—David Varney

Womble Bond Dickinson appoints David Varney to strengthen digital practice

NEWS
The Court of Appeal's decision in Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP has lifted months of uncertainty for Chartered Legal Executives while prompting a rethink of regulation and supervision
The assisted dying debate returns to Westminster as Lauren Edwards MP reintroduces legislation that stalled in the House of Lords last session despite clearing the Commons
A little-noticed provision of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 has fundamentally expanded corporate criminal liability
Artificial intelligence is transforming legal practice, but careless reliance on it is creating growing professional risks
The law offers cohabiting couples surprisingly greater protection after one partner dies than when they separate during life
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