Tag: UK Law
English Court clarifies test for forseeability risk
Rod Freeman and Jamie Humphreys
The ruling provides food for thought to those managing new risks.
First enforcement action for new UK Office for Product Safety
Rod Freeman and Jamie Humphreys
The OPSS imposes its first fine for the importation and sale of illegally sourced timber.
8 for 8: UK Government accepts key recommendations to reform recall and product safety regimes
In January 2018, the UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (“BEIS”) provided its much-awaited response to proposals for reform to the product safety and product recall regimes.
Sea change: UK government bans plastic microbeads from cosmetics products
Jamie Humphreys and Fergal Duggan
On 9 January 2018, the UK introduced a ban on the manufacture or supply of products containing microbeads, following a worldwide trend towards greater oversight of plastic pollution. The ban will affect manufacturers of a wide range of cosmetics products, including face scrubs, toothpastes and shower gels.