Warehouse fall: Bristol roofing company fined Mitie Tilley Roofing Ltd, a Bristol based company, has been fined £10,000 for a breach of...

HEALTH AND SAFETY Duty of care Case Yates v National Trust [2014] PIQR P270, High Court Facts The National Trust contracted J to...

HEALTH AND SAFETY Duty of care Case Morcom v Biddick [2014] EWCA Civ 182 Facts M, a professional handyman, an acquaintance of B,...

Crushing death: £80,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Gerber Juice Company Ltd (2014) Newport Crown Court, May 16 Gerber Juice...

The common law gave no health and safety protection for employees. The first Act intended to protect the welfare of people at work was...

Hospital death: £200,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (2014) Stafford Crown Court, April 28...

Severe crushing injuries: £10,000 fine Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service v Angus Tyres Ltd (2014) Arbroath Sheriff Court, April...

Since 2001 more than 760 construction workers have been killed on sites. Funding for the Health and Safety Executive was cut by 35 per...

The first health and safety related case involving an express application of human rights law was reported in August 2009. In R v...

Asbestos exposure: £5000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Geoff Thomas and Son Ltd (2014) Bath magistrates’ court, March 19 Geoff...

I am currently working in Morocco. As a health and safety lawyer, I observe practices which shock me and which would rarely arise in the...

Death by crushing: £100,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Plasmor (Halton) Ltd (2014) Liverpool Crown Court, February 11 Plasmor...

Health and safety regulations The recent Scottish case of McKeown v Inverclyde Council (2013) has illustrated the interaction between...

Crushing death: £100,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v R & S Recycling Ltd (2014) Worcester Crown Court, February 4. R & S Recycling...

Death of apprentice: £75,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Tyne Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd (2014) Newcastle Crown Court, January...

Unguarded machinery: £8000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Eccleshall Developments Ltd (2013) Sheffield magistrates’ court, December...

Multiple skull fractures: £7000 fine Health and Safety Executive v B & B Agricultural Sales Ltd (2013) Truro magistrates’ court, December...

Dangerous gas work: £20,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Newport City Council (2013) Cwmbran magistrates’ court, June 24 Newport...

Armed forces and health and safety: Supreme Court decision In the case of Smith and others v Ministry of Defence, the Supreme Court has...

Those who mock the “elf’n safety culture” would be well advised to read the following: Farm tractor death: £80,000 fine Health and Safety...