Twentieth-Century Dissidents We do not put people on trial in this country for their political views (Judge Alan King-Hamilton, Persons...

The most recent Irish republican cases to be cited as precedents for English purposes are those of Coughlan (Joseph) and Coughlan...

In November 1974 21 people were killed in the Birmingham bomb outrages. Following these murders, the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary...

Irish Cases since 1969 A detailed examination of the relationship between criminal law and Northern Ireland is outside the scope of this...

Twentieth-Century Cases By 1916, Irish nationalism had declined to the same extent that Dublin was regarded as a provincial British city...

The second half of the nineteenth-century saw the struggle for Irish independence manifested in Fenianism, a movement which originated...

Nineteenth-Century Cases An early example is Forbes. This involved a plot, not to overthrow the government or to cause an insurrection,...

Treason, Treason Felony and Sedition Nineteenth-century Irish conspiracy cases cannot be considered in isolation from treason, treason...

Reasonable foreseeability Reasonable conduct by employer Ramwell v Tesco Stores plc (2000) HSB 289: 23, Manchester county court R was...

Duty to provide safe system of work Two nervous breakdowns Walker v Northumberland County Council [1995] IRLR 35, High Court W, a senior...

Common Law: Formally Reported Cases Duty of care Foreseeability Fraser v State Hospitals Board for Scotland (2000) July 11, Scottish...

Is the relationship between employer and employee in itself necessarily stressful? If one takes the view that the relationship between...

Bullying The dictionary definition of “bully” is a person who makes him or herself a terror to the weak or defenceless. Bullying at work...

Physical symptoms It is generally accepted that workplace stress can result in physical symptoms, for example: Cardio-vascular disease...

TERMINOLOGY Definition of stress The widest definition of stress is anything which makes a person tense, angry, frustrated or angry. This...

General criminal law There are no reported prosecutions for specific criminal offences in relation to workplace stress. In relation to...

Readers might wish to be reminded of the following: Guildford Four. In summary, a group of three men and one woman who were convicted for...

Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service v Craig Boswell (2019) Hamilton Sheriff Court, May 20 Statutory reference: s.3 of the Health...

Health and Safety Executive v Centriforce Products Ltd (2019) Liverpool Crown Court, May 13 Statutory reference: S.2 of the Health and...

Health and Safety Executive v 2 Sisters Food Group (2019) Doncaster magistrates’ court, March 29 Statutory reference: ss. 2 and 3 of the...