WorkSafe completed 417 investigations in response to serious health and safety breaches in the year to 30 June 2017, the agency says in its annual report. It initiated 73 prosecutions and completed 66 of these, with 88% being successful.
The Kiwi protecting Scotland’s children
It was the lure of “whisky, kilts and castles” that enticed Bruce Adamson to Scotland, but it’s ensuring vulnerable children are safe and healthy that’s keeping the New Zealand lawyer in Edinburgh.
The legal profession in Wanaka
A lot has changed since Chris Steven decided to hang out a shingle for Wanaka Law in 1986. Although other lawyers made regular trips to Wanaka at the time, Mr Steven says he was the first to set up a full-time law office there.