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They still say that flying remains one of the more safer ways to travel, but despite how much technology has passed through in terms of safety, the BA fire incident in Las Vegas is a scary one.

Reports confirmed that the planes left engine caught fire during takeoff preparations, forcing the 170 passengers on board to evacuate on to the runway. Officials have confirmed that 14 people were taken to hospital with minor injuries following the incident.
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According to the Food Standards Agency (FSA), hundreds of double cream products are being recalled due to low levels of Listeria monocytogenes being found in a number of pots. Those recalling products are so far confirmed to be Muller Wiseman Dairies, Iceland, Sainsbury’s and Aldi.

Listeria monocytogenes can cause food poisoning especially in vulnerable groups like pregnant women, unborn and newborn babies, the elderly, and anyone with reduced levels of immunity.
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I’m sure it doesn’t take an injury lawyer to tell you just how dangerous salmonella can be. It makes these kinds of food product recalls all the more serious in nature.

The Food Standards Agencyhas issued a product recall warning citing that customers who have purchased Tesco ‘Free From 5 Belgium Chocolate Wafers’ to return them following possible signs of salmonella.
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Phone giants EE are recalling a batch of their Power Bar products after ‘a number of incidents’ where they have overheated, leading to a fire risk.

An alleged victim has tweeted an image of their hand showing significant burns that are said to have been caused by the Power Bars in question. Thousands of Power Bars are thought to have been distributed, with the batch model known as E1-06 currently being recalled.
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We received the news from our French lawyers earlier yesterday morning that the appeal from German regulators TUV Rheinland had been upheld. This has overturned the decisions made in the Commercial Court of Toulon as part of a PIP action that has been going on for a number of years and involves thousands of women worldwide.

We know that the press rather quickly reported on the story but we are advising all Claimants we represent to await our professional legal advice before coming to any conclusions.
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Fatalities at work are of course truly awful. We represent the families for cases and its never easy – especially when we live in a country where health and safety is deemed as generally very good.

Official statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have confirmed the number of fatalities between April 2014 and March 2015. The figure is slightly up on last year, but the trends of the UK as a safe country continues to improve.
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As a firm of lawyers with particular expertise in the area of product liability cases, we have been blogging about the recent bout of gluten free products that have been recalled due to gluten being contained within them.

The list is extensive and you can review our first article here and our second article of updated products here.

The Food Standards Agency has now confirmed that Samosaco Gluten Free Onion Bhajee Mix has also been recalled as yet another product containing undeclared gluten.
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There has been an update in the recall of several products that were supposed to be gluten free that have somehow managed to have had gluten processed in with them.

The recall, affecting Genius Foods, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose has seen a large number of products recalled over the last few weeks after the discovery that some of these products may in fact contain gluten.

For anyone who is unable to consume gluten such as anyone with celiac disease, this could result in serious problems.
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A concerning recall reported by the Food Standards Agency has seen products recalled from several of the major supermarkets, namely Asda, Morrison’s, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, and Waitrose.

The products affected are gluten free products that have been found to actually contain gluten. This is of real concern to anyone with a gluten intolerance such as celiac disease sufferers, who may become seriously ill if they eat any products that contain gluten.
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Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT) and West Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) have temporarily closed the learning disability inpatient unit at Long Leys Court in Lincoln after reports of several serious incidents, some of which are being investigated by the police.

The decision according to the authorities has not been taken lightly but appears to have been necessary following what they have described as “a number of serious incidents at the unit recently.”
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