It don’t mean a thing if you don’t have the bling… in this case our website, Fergusonlegal.co.uk. It also applies to shoes but that’s another story… I thought it would be cool to share our experiences of revamping our website. It’s quite a process but I’m happy to say well worth the final outcome,...
“The Jury” Did you watch the TV programme “The Jury”? Did you find yourself shouting at the TV? How did it make you feel? Were you dismayed? Did it leave you with a sense of foreboding; thinking there must a better option? Well it got me thinking about what perceptions may be in light...
Covid-19 has caused many things a deluge of concerns, rules, guidance, information, action plans. All this has raised some recurring questions: What are our health and safety criminal law obligations in dealing with the coronavirus? What do we have to do? How can we protect ourselves from blame if we get it wrong? As...
Coronavirus has dominated the headlines and amongst all this some commentators have speculated that employers may be about to face prosecution if they don’t take all Covid-19 precautions possible to protect staff and third parties from infection. Now it is correct to say that employers in the UK owe duties under the Health and Safety at...
This tragic story really horrified us – our hearts immediately went out to the man’s family. Our second reaction was frustration. This should never have happened. Not only was it entirely avoidable – clearly a proper risk assessment wasn’t in place – but it had happened before. Someone, somewhere, knew the risk and did nothing...
“Risk assessment” – yes we know, these words make your eyes roll, you want to yawn and your instinct is to run to the kitchen to make a strong coffee. Well, we sympathise. via GIPHY It’s not a fun task for any company. We just see so many cases that could simply have been avoided...
‘Good lawyer’ you say? Is there such a thing?! Well, when we say ‘we do things differently at Ferguson Legal’ it’s with this aim… Yet people often respond by asking, ‘well, how?’ Fair enough. This is a claim that many people across lots of different industries make – and it should be backed up....
In the normal course of life, an apology goes a long way. We all make mistakes. Recognising that, saying sorry and offering to somehow fix it is a common sense way of dealing with those mistakes. Until June 2017, organisations were reluctant to offer this simple solution because they worried it could lead to...
Where there’s blame there’s a claim, right? Sigh. In my day, if you fell down you got back up – you didn’t try to sue the tree whose stick you just tripped over. Times change – and there’s also this thing called common sense. If you have a company that uses dangerous machines, you...
A food waste disposal and recycling firm has been fined £250,000 following three employees becoming overcome by toxic gases (including hydrogen sulphide) and a reduced oxygen atmosphere whilst working in an animal waste facility. This prosecution comes 12 months after the firm was fined £660,000 following the death of an employee. The previous conviction resulted after a...