Unlike employers’ liability, public liability insurance is not a legal requirement, even for businesses selling food. And that came as something of a shock to several members of Wrexham Council, according to leaderlive.co.uk.
It was at a recent meeting of the council’s Environment and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee - dealing with the aftermath of an outbreak of E.coli cases in July 2009 - that they received the news. “This is an outrageous situation and we should take it up with the Welsh Assembly Government immediately” said Conservative member Lloyd Kenyon afterwards.
The outbreak was traced to the Llay Fish Bar which at the time was operated by Ramazan Aslan who is currently serving a jail term having admitted six food hygiene offences in a case brought by Wrexham Council. However, because Aslan had no public liability insurance and no personal assets, who was going to pick up the Council’s £24,300 legal bill? Fortunately for the councillors, the Food Standards Agency has agreed to do so.
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