DETERMINATION UNDER THE FATAL ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS INQUIRY (SCOTLAND) ACT 1976 INTO THE DEATH OF LEONARD SHARP [2012] ScotSC 1 (01 January 2012)

DETERMINATION UNDER THE FATAL ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS INQUIRY (SCOTLAND) ACT 1976 INTO THE DEATH OF LEONARD SHARP [2012] ScotSC 1 (01 January 2012)

Leonard Sharp died as a result of multiple injuries sustained in a collision while driving his work vehicle; there were no reasonable precautions whereby his death might have been avoided and no defects in any system of working contributed to his death.

Citation
[2012] ScotSC 1
Parties
Deceased: Leonard Sharp
Jurisdiction
Scotland
Judgment Date
01 January 2012
Procedural Posture
Fatal Accident Inquiry / Determination
Outcome
Death determined as accidental with no reasonable precautions or defects identified.
Legal Topics
Fatal Accident Inquiry, Workplace Accident, Road Traffic Collision
Coronial Law Health and Safety Fatal Accident Inquiry Workplace Accident Road Traffic Collision

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Parties

Leonard Sharp

Deceased

Procedural Posture

Fatal Accident Inquiry / Determination

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Circumstances and cause of death of Leonard Sharp
  2. 2 Whether reasonable precautions could have prevented the death
  3. 3 Whether defects in any system of working contributed to the death

Ratio Decidendi

Leonard Sharp died as a result of multiple injuries sustained in a collision while driving his work vehicle; there were no reasonable precautions whereby his death might have been avoided and no defects in any system of working contributed to his death.

Court Disposition

Death determined as accidental with no reasonable precautions or defects identified.