Railway worker dies after being hit by train in London Chiara Giordano
A railway worker has died after being hit by a train in southwest London.
Emergency services were called to Surbiton railway station shortly before midday on Tuesday following reports of a casualty on the tracks.
A 30-year-old man from Hampshire was pronounced dead at the scene.
British Transport Police (BTP) said the man s family had been informed and that officers were working with the Office of Rail and Road and the Rail Accident Investigation Branch to establish the full circumstances behind his death.
The incident happened between Surbiton and Weybridge and it is understood the man was working on the tracks at the time.
Surbiton railway station A HAMPSHIRE railway worker has been killed after being hit by a train. Emergency services were called to Surbiton railway station in south-west London at around midday yesterday following reports of a casualty on the tracks. A 30-year-old man, who police were only able to confirm was from Hampshire, was pronounced dead at the scene. British Transport Police (BTP) said the man’s family had been informed and that officers were working with the Office of Rail and Road and the Rail Accident Investigation Branch to establish the full circumstances behind his death. The incident happened between Surbiton and Weybridge.
By John Hyde2021-01-15T13:28:00+00:00
A former trade union shop steward has failed in a negligence claim against solicitors who advised him on a compromise agreement to leave his job.
Paul Langley had sued his union the GMB as well as its legal subsidiary Trade Union Legal LLP and solicitor Katharina Koester over the signing of the agreement in 2015. He alleged the advice, which resulted in him leaving work as a refuse collector with Birmingham City Council, was negligent and he should have been advised to reject the offer.
But following a three-day hearing in
Langley v GMB & Ors, Mrs Justice Stacey ruled there had been no breach of the GMB’s duty of care, while Trade Union Legal gave advice appropriate to the scope of its retainer. The claim against Koester was withdrawn during the hearing.