[h=1]?100,000 fine for bar serving dangerous cocktail[/h]
Bond Dickinson LLP United Kingdom September 18 2015
A reminder of the importance of risk assessment and heeding warnings
On Thursday 17 September 2015, Oscar's Wine Bar Limited, registered in Swinton, South Yorkshire, was sentenced at the Crown Court at Preston after pleading guilty to a charge under Section 3 of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
The prosecution was brought by Lancaster City Council following an incident in October 2012 which led to a teenage girl requiring removal of her stomach. Gaby Scanlon was celebrating her 18th birthday at the Oscar's Wine Bar in Lancaster when she consumed a "Nitro Jaeger", a cocktail containing liquid nitrogen and Jaegermeister which produces a "smoking" effect. The teenager experienced immediate pain and later had emergency surgery to remove her stomach....
