Last Summer Chris Graying announced proposed changes to the law to protect "everyday heroes" from the risk of liability if something goes wrong.

This announced was generally welcomed by IOSH although many stated that existing provisions in law would take actins and liability into consideration anyway and additional legislation was not needed.

I cannot find any further reference to this being moed forward or implemented.

Can anyone shed any light?

Thanks

Martin

Not heard anything recently - maybe it was just a another Government sound bite. After all, it was a subtle dig at 'elf and safety where there has been a stream of bad press, for example, where councils and other organisations have used h&s as a convenient excuse to prevent an activity. Then there is the attenuation effect - where people are wary of providing first aid in case they get sued - no evidence of this of course.

For its passage, refer to:-

http://services.parliame...tyandheroism/stages.html