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    E&Y backs HSE over Railtrack

    E&Y backs HSE over Railtrack

    Ernst & Young, the Railtrack administrator, says it would not block a Health & Safety prosecution of the rail company over the Paddington rail crash.

    Author Date published December 3, 2001 Categories

    The public safety watchdog has been told the administrator would not stand in the way of a move to bring civil charges against Railtrack over the 1999 Ladbroke Grove disaster in which 31 people died.

    Administrators have the power to stay such actions but E&Y said it would not do so as it actually agreed with the HSE that the suit should continue.

    The HSE said it had not taken a decision on whether to press charges, but it is believed such a move is inevitable.

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