United Kingdom: Health & Safety

Explore the latest legal insights and regulatory updates across multiple practice areas including immigration, employment law, construction, real estate, and emerging technologies. From extended right-to-work requirements to smart glasses privacy risks and nuclear energy developments in the UAE, these articles examine critical legal challenges facing businesses and organizations today.

The Housing Health and Safety Rating System underwent its first major overhaul in 20 years on 23 June 2026, consolidating 29 hazards into 21 categories with new assessment procedures and statutory guidance. These changes affect how local councils inspect properties and enforce housing standards, while also impacting tenants' rights to bring fitness for human habitation claims against landlords. Understanding the new framework is essential for both landlords facing potential enforcement action and tenants li

Employers face growing expectations to support employees experiencing menopausal symptoms, but many remain uncertain about what a workplace menopause policy should contain and whether one is legally required. This guidance examines the key components of an effective menopause policy, from manager responsibilities and workplace adjustments to confidentiality protocols and connections with existing employment frameworks.

A serious incident has occurred, the regulator is investigating, and an invitation to attend an interview under caution arrives. This stage of a health and safety investigation requires calm, strategic handling rather than panic, as the reality is more nuanced than the dramatic scenarios many imagine.

The widow of Stanley Rogers, who died from mesothelioma after working at Sellafield Nuclear Power Station and ICI Wilton Chemical Industries, is seeking former colleagues to provide crucial information about...

Asbestos remains present in many UK buildings despite being banned decades ago. Understanding where this hazardous material is commonly found, recognizing the risks of exposure, and knowing how to respond if you discover it are essential steps in protecting yourself and your family from serious health consequences.

The family of an 81-year-old Carnforth man who died from mesothelioma after working as an electrical engineer in the 1960s is seeking former colleagues to provide crucial information about asbestos exposure at a Lancaster factory. Witnesses who worked at Jas Williamson & Son Limited or Nairn-Williamson Limited during that period, particularly those with knowledge of industrial ovens and maintenance work involving asbestos insulation, could help establish how Tony Allen contracted the fatal disease that rema

Law firm Slater and Gordon warns parents about the serious health risks posed by asbestos contamination in children's toys and craft kits, following over 100 product recalls from major UK retailers since early 2026. Industrial Disease Solicitor Ryan O'Hara explains how contaminated play sand imported from overseas quarries can release dangerous asbestos fibres during normal play, potentially causing fatal lung cancer decades later.

With the school holidays just around the corner every parent across the UK will this week no doubt mutter the words, “just watch, it will be raining constantly as soon as they stop school”, or words to that effect. That’s because as sure as night follows day, we can always rely on the sun to come out when “school’s in” and this year seems no different with temperatures on Monday and Tuesday in the high 20s and predicted to rise for the rest of the week- even in Manchester.