Claims BP Bypassed Rig Alarm System for a Year

A chief engineer on the doomed Deepwater Horizon drilling rig has told federal investigators that fire and gas-leak alarms had been turned off for at least a year because the platform’s managers didn’t want workers’ sleep disturbed by false alarms…

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Insurers Blame Victims in Personal Injury Cases

When will the insurance industry stop blaming personal injury solicitors for rising premiums?Today’s report by the Association of British Insurers claims that the rise of a litigation or “ambulance-chasing” legal culture in Britain is playing its …

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Road Safety Funding Cuts: What You Should Know

In the budget today, it was announced that transport funding is likely to be cut by more than 25% by 2014, causing concern for the future of life-saving road safety measures. Brake, the Road Safety charity, believes that these measures will contri…

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Review of UK Health and Safety Laws in Progress

In a move aimed at targeting the so-called ‘compensation culture’, the new government has already got health and safety legislation firmly in its sights. David Cameron has today announced the appointment of the Rt Hon Lord Young of Graffham as Adv…

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Headway Car Raffle Helps Brain Injury Victims

‘Hats for Headway Day in Scotland’ Gaille McCann and Catriona MacGregor, Headway Regional Co-ordinators in Scotland help launch the Headway Car Raffle and celebrate ‘Hats for Headway’ with Bonnar & Company Solicitors in Airdrie.Headway UK, the bra…

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