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AN APPEAL by University College London (UCL) against a £300,000 fine after a student suffered eye damage was rejected by the Court of Appeal today.
UCL was fined last July after pleading guilty to health and safety breaches that led to a woman suffering “life-changing” injuries.
Marie-Laure Hicks, who was studying at UCL’s London Centre for Nanotechnology, was injured in June 2014 when glass from a “bespoke piece of equipment called a lithium evaporator” exploded during an experiment.
In part IV of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY tells how austerity minister Francis Maude’s attempt to destroy the PCS Civil Service union totally backfired
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
