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Workplace death from hydraulic cylinder: £800,000 fine
Death of worker: construction hire equipment hire company fined £800,000 Health and Safety Executive v AGD Equipment Ltd (2017) Warwick...

Robert Spicer
Feb 20, 20171 min read
Workplace forklift truck injury: suspended prison sentences
Forklift incident: serious injuries: suspended sentences for employers [remove for online] Health and Safety Executive v Maurice James...

Robert Spicer
Feb 19, 20171 min read
Workplace death fall
Fall death: £600,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Go Ahead London (2017) Southwark Crown Court, February 14 Statutory reference:...

Robert Spicer
Feb 18, 20171 min read
Unfair dismissal: issues not raised by claimant
UNFAIR DISMISSAL Issues not raised in claim form Case Perry’s Motor Sales Ltd v Edwards (2017) Morning Star, February 17, EAT Facts E was...

Robert Spicer
Feb 18, 20171 min read
Trade union purposes
UNFAIR DISMISSAL Automatically unfair Trade union purposes Case Metrolink RATPDEV v Morris UKEAT/0113/16/RN Facts M, a union...

Robert Spicer
Feb 12, 20171 min read
Assault after Christmas Party
Assault after Christmas Party Case Bellman v Northampton Recruitment Ltd [2017] IRLR 124, High Court Facts B, an employee of N, went to...

Robert Spicer
Feb 9, 20171 min read
Work experience teenager seriously injured: Radwell International Ltd fined £86,000
Work experience injury: £86,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Radwell International Ltd (2016) Stafford Crown Court, December 2...

Robert Spicer
Dec 18, 20161 min read
Bathurst Mews basement excavation: serious safety breaches: two companies fined
Basement excavation: serious safety breaches: companies fined Health and Safety Executive v Lifehouse (London) Ltd and Nu Space (Design)...

Robert Spicer
Dec 15, 20161 min read
Death of worker on Putney construction site: three companies prosecuted
Construction companies fined after death of worker Health and Safety Executive v St James Group Ltd, Mitchellson Formwork and Civil...

Robert Spicer
Dec 14, 20161 min read
Farm death of 11 year old: drunk tractor driver: prison sentence
Farm death: drunk tractor driver: prison sentence Health and Safety Executive v Gary Green (2016) Leeds Crown Court, December 13...

Robert Spicer
Dec 13, 20161 min read
Fairground death of worker on Twister ride: £47,000 fine
Fairground death: £47,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Stevens Amusements Ltd (2016) Northampton Crown Court, December 5 Statutory...

Robert Spicer
Dec 12, 20161 min read
Death on public footpath by trampling from cows:farmer given suspended sentence
Death and injury from cows: suspended sentence for farmer Health and Safety Executive v Brian Godwin (2016) Swindon Crown Court, December...

Robert Spicer
Dec 11, 20161 min read
Working class: judicial interpretations
Working classes The phrase “working class” has significant legal connotations and has been the subject of judicial definition in a number...

Robert Spicer
Jul 25, 20162 min read
Liverpool demolition site crushing injuries: £40,000 fine
Demolition crush injuries: £40,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Complete Demolition Ltd (2016) Liverpool Crown Court, July 8...

Robert Spicer
Jul 12, 20161 min read
Leeds adult day care centre death
Day care centre death: suspended prison sentence for support worker Health and Safety Executive v Tracey Ann Gilboy (2016) Leeds Crown...

Robert Spicer
Jul 10, 20161 min read
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust fined £200,000 for trolley safety failures
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust fined £200,000 for safety failings Health and Safety Executive v Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation...

Robert Spicer
May 31, 20161 min read
British Telecommunications fined £600,000 after workers seriously injured in falls from height
British Telecommunications PLC has been fined after two of its employees were seriously injured in falls from height. Significant points...

Robert Spicer
May 30, 20161 min read
BUPA Care Homes fined £400,000 for Cumbria care home bedrail failures
Care home company fined £400,000 for bedrail failures Health and Safety Executive v BUPA Care Homes (CFC Homes) Ltd, Carlisle Crown...

Robert Spicer
May 28, 20162 min read
Lithuanian worker killed in unguarded machinery: employer given suspended sentence
Crushing death: suspended prison sentence Health and Safety Executive v Gordon Leach t/a RGE Engineering Company (2016) Peterborough...

Robert Spicer
May 25, 20161 min read
Ebbw Vale factory explosion: worker injured: £40,000 fine
Health and Safety Executive v Sears Manufacturing Company (Europe) Ltd (2016) Cwmbran magistrates’ court, April 22 Sears Manufacturing, a...

Robert Spicer
Apr 27, 20161 min read
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