<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Stay Legal with Due Diligence Solutions</title><link>http://www.staylegal.net</link><description>Stay Legal News Feed</description><lastBuildDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:50:01 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en-uk</language><item><title><![CDATA[New Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Legislation live on April 6th]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=4</link><guid>news item:4</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:52:18 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As you may have read, the 6th of April 2008 saw the introduction of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act, placing further focus on organisations and in particular senior management and company directors.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Health & Safety DVDs now launched]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=5</link><guid>news item:5</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:02:33 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Due Diligence Solutions have launched a new range of health & safety DVD's, covering health & safety in the workplace, health & safety induction, health & safety in retail and musculoskeletal disorders.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire safety training just got a whole lot more enjoyable!]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=11</link><guid>news item:11</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:03:05 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Here at Due Diligence Solutions we like to set the standards and show excellence throughout our business. Our trainers are all industry leading experts and we have just invested in a fantastic state-of-the-art new fire training kit to make the important element of learning even more FUN!]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[£17,000 fine for fire safety offences]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=12</link><guid>news item:12</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:35:34 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Property company P.T.F Properties was successfully prosecuted by London Fire and Rescue Service after pleading guilty to four fire safety breaches, resulting in £17,000 fines and costs by West London Magistrates Court.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The penalty for ignoring enforcement advice]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=13</link><guid>news item:13</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:01:24 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It really does not pay to ignore enforcement notices as one hairdressing salon in London recently found out, after failing to deal with the requirements of an enforcement notice service under the Fire Safety Order 2005, resulting in fines and costs of £4,000.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[IOSH Certificate Presentation]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=14</link><guid>news item:14</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:30:07 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Delegates from Peel Ports Medway received a pleasant surprise last week when former Gillingham favourite Ian Cox was on hand to present them with their training certificates, after they attended a course provided by the Swale based company Due Diligence Solutions.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why take the risk?]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=15</link><guid>news item:15</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:52:16 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Every day the newspapers are full of depressing stories. We wake up, scan our daily edition and read the news that something bad has happened. The piece of news we are about to bring to your attention is harrowing but it couldve been avoided. Please read on...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Help is on hand for the hospitality industry]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=16</link><guid>news item:16</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:00:07 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The government has continued with its campaign to make Great Britain a safer place by offering new guidance to owners of small hotels, B&Bs and guest houses. The new document helps ensure that the above businesses comply with the current fire safety laws.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Landlord punished for breaching Fire Safety rules]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=17</link><guid>news item:17</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:36:35 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A Yorkshire landlord has been fined £10,000, and ordered to pay £1,185 in costs, by Scarborough magistrates after pleading guilty to breaking fire safety laws.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheshire firm fined £20,000 for serious fire safety offences]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=18</link><guid>news item:18</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:24:54 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A company from Cheshire has become the latest to be charged under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety Order) 2005. Central Recycling  based in Widnes - were fined £20,000 after pleading guilty to five fire safety offences.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sussex man suffers imprisonment under the corporate manslaughter act ]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=19</link><guid>news item:19</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:41:02 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The owner of a company from East Sussex has become the latest person to suffer imprisonment under the corporate manslaughter act .]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire Damage costs up a whopping 16%]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=20</link><guid>news item:20</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:14:53 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The cost of fire damage in the UK rose by 16% last year to a record £1.3 billion, according to figures recently announced by the Association of British Insurers.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Landlords Beware]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=21</link><guid>news item:21</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:59:43 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Owners who let out their properties as holiday homes are being urged to improve their fire safety after a recent landmark case. Mid/West Wales Fire & Rescue Service has recently won a case in which a District Judge held that premises let for holiday purposes fell within the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shell pays £345,000 in record FSO fine]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=22</link><guid>news item:22</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:04:43 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In what is the largest penalty under the legislation to date, Shell International Ltd has been fined £300,000 and ordered to pay £45,000 costs after pleading guilty to breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order at its UK headquarters in central London.
]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kent Landlord Fined Over Fire Safety Failures]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=23</link><guid>news item:23</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:20:32 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A landlord has been fined £1,550 for failing to ensure his property was fire safe]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hotel Prosecution]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=24</link><guid>news item:24</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:55:37 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A HOTEL OWNER has received a nine-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, with 180 hours of unpaid work for the community, after pleading guilty to seven breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Church pleads guilty to fire safety offences]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=25</link><guid>news item:25</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:07:48 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A church organisation has been ordered to pay £30,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to breaches of fire safety legislation following a prosecution brought by London Fire Brigade.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[HMO owner fined £7000 for serious nature of offences under the RRO]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=26</link><guid>news item:26</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:09:40 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This prosecution was in relation to premises in Accrington, Lancashire, and came about as a result of a complaint received from the Police]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[HSE warns schools after pupil is injured on work experience]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=27</link><guid>news item:27</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:35:12 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Schools across the West Midlands are being warned to make sure that full health and safety checks are carried out before pupils head out on work experience, following the prosecution of a Stafford company.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tower block father's fury at council's fire safety breaches]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=29</link><guid>news item:29</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:58:35 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The father of one of the Camberwell tower block fire victims today called for "justice to be done" after details emerged of fire regulation breaches by Southwark council]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Southwark residential block enforcement notices published ]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=30</link><guid>news item:30</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:23:33 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Details of the enforcement notices relating to three blocks of flats owned by Southwark Council and issued last month by London Fire Brigade have been made available. The notices relate to Marie Curie House, which is next door to Lakanal House where six people died in a fire in July, and Castlemead and Perronet  two other blocks in the borough.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds evacuated in seaside hotel fire]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=31</link><guid>news item:31</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:25:37 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Around 850 people were evacuated from a hotel in Folkestone following a fire which started in a second floor guest room.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punch Pub Company guilty of fire safety breaches ]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=32</link><guid>news item:32</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:10:17 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A national pub group has been ordered to pay over £17,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to serious breaches of fire safety legislation following a prosecution brought by the London Fire Brigade. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Businesses urged to prepare for second wave of swine flu]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=33</link><guid>news item:33</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:30:26 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A new survey has revealed that just over 50% of UK businesses regard themselves as at "high risk" or "very high risk" of having their operations affected by the swine flu outbreak and in the light of this threat, 80% of companies are reviewing continuity planning]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three breaches of COSHH led to life changing condition]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=34</link><guid>news item:34</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:34:34 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A company has been fined £27,500 and ordered to pay costs of £10,700, at Southampton Crown Court, after pleading guilty to to three breaches of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (as amended) 2002.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blackpool FC fined £8000 for failing to comply with an Improvement Notice]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=35</link><guid>news item:35</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:47:08 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In February 2009, environmental health officers (EHOs) from Blackpool Council carried out a routine safety inspection at the football clubs Bloomfield Road stadium. The council discovered the club had failed to carry out a risk assessment, or create a written health and safety policy, to cover non-match days.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheltenham Borough Council fined £14,000 after ride on mower incident ]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=36</link><guid>news item:36</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:26:10 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning that care needs to be taken when using ride-on mowing machines following a court prosecution of an employer.
]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Company fined after employee dies from serious head injuries at work]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=37</link><guid>news item:37</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:29:44 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging companies to implement and maintain safe systems of work and to offer full training to staff to ensure that the health and safety of employees is not put at risk. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kent company fined after employee is crushed to death ]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=38</link><guid>news item:38</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:34:15 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The crushing of a vehicle spray painter has led to a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution that concluded today.
]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fragile roofing warning after firm fined for Newcastle worker's seven-metre fall]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=39</link><guid>news item:39</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:14:04 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today warned of the dangers of working on fragile roofs, following the conviction of a Lancashire-based company and a director for breaching the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Businesses urged to take proper precautions after worker fractures skull in four]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=40</link><guid>news item:40</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:18:27 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Businesses are being warned to take correct precautions when their staff work at height, after a roofer sustained serious head injuries when he fell nearly four metres through a roof he was working on.
]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pupil lost fingers in art accident]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=41</link><guid>news item:41</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:56:17 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A school has been ordered to pay £19,000 after a 16-year-old girl lost most of her fingers when she put her hands in a bucket of plaster of Paris during a school art lesson.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two More Imprisoned for Breaching Fire Safety Order]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=42</link><guid>news item:42</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:27:55 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Two landlords from Haringey, London were sentenced to 6 months in prison and ordered to pay £5000 costs each following a successful prosecution by the London Fire Brigade.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Director warned he 'cannot hide behind organisation' after fatal accident]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=43</link><guid>news item:43</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:13:24 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Company directors are being reminded they must take their responsibilities for health and safety seriously and not "hide behind the organisation" following the case of a director of a pet food company who has been fined £10,000 for breaches of health and safety law after a worker was crushed to death.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shopping Mall Fire in Vilnius Extinguished by Sprinklers]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=44</link><guid>news item:44</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:38:29 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A fire in a shopping mall in Vilnius, Lithuania, was extinguished by a sprinkler system. The fire began in a deep fat fryer in the Chilli China restaurant in the Akropolis shopping mall on Tuesday, 6th October.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Southwark Council fined following death]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=45</link><guid>news item:45</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:53:15 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging service providers to have safe procedures in place for loading and unloading wheelchairs and mobility scooters, following the death of a motorised scooter user.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Food manufacturer fined after worker's fingertips are amputated ]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=46</link><guid>news item:46</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:01:14 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Health and Safety Executive is warning food companies about the need for suitable risk assessments and adequate guarding of machinery after a company was fined today at Oxford Magistrates Court, following an incident where one of its employees was left with a permanently disfigured hand.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[JD Sports fined over prices]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=47</link><guid>news item:47</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:24:54 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[High Street favourite JD Sports was fined for displaying misleading prices at one of its stores.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Council fined after ignoring safety warnings ]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=48</link><guid>news item:48</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:24:01 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A council accused of ignoring complaints from staff about a health and safety risk has paid £10,250 in compensation after an employee damaged her back.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Landlord fined for failing to protect tenant ]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=49</link><guid>news item:49</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:04:20 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning landlords to be extra vigilant in ensuring the properties they own contain safe gas appliances that are correctly checked and certified.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Primary care trust fined £10,000 after patient falls 4 metres from window]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=50</link><guid>news item:50</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:09:44 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[North East Essex Primary Care Trust was today fined £10,000 and ordered to pay costs of £4,972 after a vulnerable and partially-sighted patient it was responsible for fell 4.3 metres from a first floor window at Clacton & District Hospital.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[B&B fined after enforcement order breaches]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=51</link><guid>news item:51</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:16:30 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A bed and breakfast owner has been fined £3415 and ordered to pay costs of £4900 after failing to comply with two enforcement notices.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Companies fined after fatal concrete collapse at Heathrow Terminal 5]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=52</link><guid>news item:52</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:00:19 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Two construction companies have been ordered to pay over £200,000 in total after one man died and another was seriously injured when a concrete slab collapsed at Heathrow Airport in 2005, despite an earlier recall of defective equipment.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bank loses disabled access appeal ]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=53</link><guid>news item:53</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:17:20 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A bank has lost its appeal against a landmark ruling that it failed to cater for the needs of a disabled teenager.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[National high street firm fined for serious breaches of fire safety ]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=54</link><guid>news item:54</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:22:14 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The high street retailer New Look has been fined £400,000 and ordered to pay £136,052 in costs after pleading guilty to serious breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (the RRO). It is the largest fine under the RRO. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over 100 evacuated from sheltered housing block ]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=55</link><guid>news item:55</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:32:29 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Around 118 people were forced to evacuate when a fire broke out at a Hertfordshire sheltered housing block for elderly people.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bollywoods owner fined £40,000 over fire safety offences]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=60</link><guid>news item:60</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:36:43 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A HERTFORDSHIRE restaurant owner has been fined £40,000 after being convicted of fire safety offences.




]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two jailed for manslaughter for deaths of Sussex firefighters]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=61</link><guid>news item:61</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:24:28 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A father and son have been jailed for manslaughter following an explosion at a fireworks factory in which two fire fighters lost their lives.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Businesses failing to conform with fire legislation]]></title><link>http://www.staylegal.net/newsitem.php?id=62</link><guid>news item:62</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:30:13 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Forty percent of businesses are failing to conduct fire risk assessments in accordance with legislation implemented three years ago, warns Aviva Risk Management Solutions (ARMS).]]></description></item><atom:link href="http:///rss/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /></channel></rss>