Archive for the 'Law' Category

Court Decision Confirms Criminal Liability for Supervisors – What It Means for Our Industry

Thursday, April 24th, 2025

(This is a public service announcement from the CADC to all diving contractors – April 20 2025) A recent legal decision out of New Brunswick Feb 2025 has major implications for all of us in the commercial diving sector as well as any industrial or commercial construction industry. Don’t ignore the warning. In King v. […]

UNDERWATER WORK – HOW A COTTAGE OR BOAT OR GOLF CLUB OWNER COULD GO TO JAIL FOR A BOTTLE OF BEER

Wednesday, May 30th, 2018

(CADC Note: So, you have a cottage and need your water intake checked – or your dock checked – or find your fishing rod that you lost last fall. Or you may be a golf club owner with too many balls in the water hazards that you want to fish out. BUT heh!!! You have […]

Diver sentenced for falsified diving medical certificate in the UK.

Wednesday, November 29th, 2017

A man has been sentenced after supplying falsified diving medical certificates to a diving company in 2016 in the UK. Leeds Magistrates’ Court heard that Daniel Tennant did not hold a valid medical certificate of fitness to dive. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) discovered that in 2016 the defendant was in possession of a […]

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