Blake Lapthorn solicitors' Health and Safety team produces
regular updates on topical issues affecting businesses in the UK.
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30 Mar 2012Our Health and Safety team considers the Department for Transport's proposal to remove the requirement for street works operatives and their supervisors to hold specific qualifications that are prescribed in law.
26 Mar 2012Our Health and Safety team looks at DEFRA's consultation on the options for the future of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides (ACP) as part of its review of statutory non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs).
14 Mar 2012Our Health and Safety team analyses the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012.
02 Mar 2012Our Health and Safety team assesses the recent EC public consultation on its request to the Scientific Committee on Emerging & Newly Identified Health Risks to update its opinion on the potential health effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields.
29 Feb 2012Our Health and Safety team considers the Bill that would give health and safety inspectors the power to apply for a court order to freeze assets of a company under investigation following a death or serious injury at work.
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