Asbestos scandal may cost millions in claims
Saturday, 01 September 2007
Extracts from a report by Neil Macfarlane, Northern Echo 04/09/2007 A council that knowingly exposed staff at a sports centre to asbestos may have to pay out millions of pounds in compensation, legal experts warn. An unknown number of employees at Woodhouse Close Leisure Complex, in Bishop Auckland, were allowed to work unprotected for five
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Council Fined for Asbestos Breach
Tuesday, 01 May 2007
Report from bbc.co.uk Derby City Council has been fined £50,000 with costs of £20,000 after admitting asbestos safety breaches. The case follows an incident when a Mickleover school closed for several weeks after asbestos was disturbed during window replacement work. Peter Westran – who owns and runs Horizon Windows and Glass, which carried out the
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