What is the relevant law for this scenario?Appropriate conclusion in terms of recommended action and advice.Scenario:Stuart Pendlebury's grandchildren club together to buy him a full guaranteed electric blanket for his 90th .Stuart decides that he would be warmer in bed with his blanket rather than in his sitting room.He switches the blanket on for 30 minutes before he goes to the bed and,despite warnings in the operating instructions,he keeps the blanket switched on at the highest setting while he reads in bed.One cold December night the blanket catches fire(due to faulty wiring)just as Stuart is about to go to sleep.He suffers burns to his legs but fire causes extensive damage to his bed.I have to advise Stuart
In response to the things screwed into your pipes, those are probably baffles. If you take them out the bike will become louder but it might also break the noise restrictions in your area. My bike does not have baffles and I have never been stopped, but maybe I'm lucky.
If your job requires you to wear protective clothing (such as gloves) and you are aware of this at the time you take the job and you sign a document agreeing to the terms of your job; then if you are later found to be performing your duties without the required protective clothing, that is a valid reason for firing you because your action is comprising the employer's dliability insurance. You cannot expect to get away with doing something at your workplace (where rules exist pertaining to the situation) that could lead to injury and then subsequent litigation against the employer. If you have a car rental business and an employee continually leaves the key in the ignition (despite there being rules forbidding it) and the car is stolen from the front of your premises; would you not fire that employee
With a wet flannel and geranium scented shampoo.
