LIFTS Lift crushing death: stately home operator fined Arthur Mellar, a butler, was killed in July 2014 when a luggage lift descended on...

INDUSTRY Foundry death from grinder Stuart Stead, an employee of H.I. Quality Steel Castings Ltd, was using a hand-held grinder to work...

Death of dementia patient from hoist In April 2008 an 87-year old dementia sufferer was being cared for by the Kent and Medway NHS Social...

HEALTH AND SAFETY Ex turpi causa non oritur actio: “from a dishonourable cause an action does not arise” Case D Geddes (Contractors)...

The Ogden Tables These Tables took their name from Michael Ogden QC who was the chair of the working party which first drew them up. They...

Health and safety law outwardly appears to be for the benefit of the working class. It has been argued that it was never properly...

Comparative health and safety in a war context Reports of health and safety prosecutions cover, with depressing regularity, incidents...

Health and safety in prisons Pullen v Prison Commissioners (1957) From 1951 until 1953 George Pullen served a sentence of imprisonment in...

HEALTH AND SAFETY Prohibition notices Appeal Case HM Inspector of Health & Safety v Chevron North Sea Ltd (2016) Scottish Inner House 29...

Personal protective equipment Case Kennedy v Cordia (Services) LLP [2016] ICR 325, Supreme Court Statute reference Personal Protective...

Roof fall: £153,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v PV Solar UK Ltd (2016) Canterbury Crown Court, March 21 PV Solar UK Ltd, a solar...

Crane collapse: worker and member of the public killed: company fined £750,000 Health and Safety Executive v Falcon Crane Hire Ltd (2016)...

Unsafe care home excavations: £2000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Brierstone Ltd (2015) Trafford magistrates’ court, November 13...

Sita UK fined £200,000 for telehandler injury Health and Safety Executive v Sita UK Ltd (2015) Preston Crown Court, October13 Sita UK Ltd...

UNFAIR DISMISSAL Reasonableness Case Newbound v Thames Water Utilities Ltd [2015] IRLR 734, CA Statute reference Employment Rights Act...

Hydrogen explosion: £80,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Catalloy Ltd (2015) Warrington Crown Court, September 25 Catalloy Ltd, a...

Self-employment: significant changes in the law Section 3(2) of the Health and Safety at Work, etc., Act 1974 states that it shall be the...

This weekend (22nd – 23rd August), two separate horrific incidents occurred at air shows; the first, here in the UK, involved a Hawker...

Care homes: recent prosecutions Prosecutions of care home owners (whether individuals or companies) for serious breaches of health and...

Asbestos exposure: prison sentence Health and Safety Executive v Brian Roberts (2015) Llandudno magistrates’ court, June 12 Brian...