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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS Health and safety prosecutions to go ahead before inquest  More health and safety prosecutions will take place before an inquest under changes designed to speed up work-related death cases. Families of people killed in work may be able to turn to an accident at work solicitor sooner than they otherwise have done. Currently, it is only in exceptional circumstances where prosecutions are brought before an inquest by any body other than the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). The revised protocol will allow prosecution before Inquest where manslaughter or homicide charges are not relevant Announced by the Work Related Deaths National Liaison Committee (NLC), the Work-Related Deaths Protocol, which takes effect on October 1st, should mean families see a swifter resolution to some prosecutions. Richard Daniels, chair of the NLC, said: "All signatories are committed to seeking justice for bereaved family members, when a work-related death has occurred and someone should be held to account. "The change will help us deliver this justice more effectively and sooner in less complex cases." Members of the NLC include the Health and Safety Executive, the CPS, local authorities, and the Association of Chief Police Officers. Posted by Georgina Price 
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