Two companies have been fined after unsafe asbestos work was carried out on a property in Leatherhead, Surrey. Staines Magistrates’ Court heard how a licensed asbestos removal contractor, was subcontracted to carry out the work. The contractor removed some asbestos containing materials and agreed to carry out repair works on other water damaged materials within [...]

The sentencing guidelines have now been in force for some time and we are seeing the impact that they are having. In recent weeks a Manchester building contractor has been sent to jail for eight months for hiring two workers who were not qualified to carry out work at height and failing to provide fall [...]