| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2012] All ER (D) 189 (Jan) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Pitchford LJ, Underhill and Lindblom JJ (judgment delivered extempore) |
| Representation | Stephen Climie (Taylor Haldane Barlex Solicitors) for the defendant. |
| Mark Watson (instructed by the Health and Safety Executive) for the Crown. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 31 January 2012 |
Catchwords
Health and safety at work - Sentence - Employer's duties - Employer being parcel carrier service - Work including unloading of containers in bays at depots - Employee reversing and trapping another employee's head between container and bay wall - Employee sustaining head injuries - Employer pleading guilty to health and safety offence - Judge imposing fine of £150,000 - Employee appealing - Whether fine manifestly excessive.
The Case
Health and safety at work Sentence. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, held that a fine of 150,000, imposed on a company for breaches of health and safety rules, was stern, but in the face of serious and long standing failures in health and safety, was not manifestly excessive.
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