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The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM) were highlighted for review in November 2011 in Professor Löfsted’s independent report on health and safety laws
The European Parliamentary Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety convened on 19 September 2012 to consider amendments to the European Commission’s proposed regulation on the safety of offshore oil and gas prospection, exploration and production activities
Businesses that are classified as ‘low risk’ will become exempt from health and safety inspections from April 2013 under new proposals introduced by the UK Government
Thailand based petroleum operator PTTEP Australasia has been fined $510,000 (Australian dollars) in relation to the Montara wellhead platform blowout on 21 August 2009
The UK Government’s “red tape challenge” was launched in April 2011 with the intention of reducing the regulatory burden on UK business whilst maintaining adequate safeguards
The HSE has launched a three month consultation on proposals to exempt self-employed workers from health and safety legislation following recommendations made in the Löfstedt report
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a twelve-week consultation on proposals to simplify and clarify the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR
The High Court judgement in R (Stewart Ford) v Financial Services Authority 2012 EWHC 997 (Admin) has emphasised the importance of legal professional privilege and that it does work when properly implemented, but also demonstrated that winning the legal argument does not necessarily provide the desired outcome
