CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT Reality of employment position Case Dynasystems for Trade and General Consulting v Mosley UKEAT/0091/17/BA Facts...

CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT Worker Case Addison Lee v Gascoigne UKEAT/0289/17 Facts G was a cycle courier for AL. The ET decided that he was...

CONTRACTS No oral modification clause Variation Case Rock Advertising Ltd v MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd [2018] UKSC 24, Supreme...

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION Menopausal symptoms Case Davies v Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service (2018) ET (Scotland) S/4104575/2017...

Prohibition notices: failure to comply: £2000 fines Health and Safety Executive v D&S Building Solutions Ltd and Daniel Schipor (2018)...

Client, principal contractor and demolition contractor fined for building collapse Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service v Taylor...

Leg amputation: £30,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Morning Foods Ltd (2018) Chester Crown Court, May 1 Statutory reference:...

Inadequate asbestos survey: two companies fined Health and Safety Executive v Vital Property Solutions Ltd and Home Inspectors Southern...

Two companies fined following fall from height Health and Safety Executive v Oswestry Shropshire Scaffold Ltd and Centreco (UK) Ltd...

Electric shock injuries: scrap metal business owner imprisoned Health and Safety Executive v George William Edward Jones (2018) Swansea...

CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT Worker Case Pimlico Plumbers and another v Smith (2018) The Times, June 19, Supreme Court Facts The employment...

WAGES Deductions Time limit for claims Case Coletta v Bath Hill Court (Bournemouth) Property Management Ltd (2018 Morning Star, June 15,...

Case Haywood v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2018] UKSC 22, Supreme Court Facts The Trust identified H’s post as...

Waste management company fined after death of worker Health and Safety Executive v Viridor Waste Management Ltd (2018) Plymouth Crown...

Trench injury: £200,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Forefront Utilities Ltd (2017) Maidstone Crown Court, April 12 Statutory...

Damages: Financial compensation Devil: A barrister paid by another barrister to do the latter’s work Directives: European legislation...

GLOSSARY The following is a provisional explanation of words and phrases which in my experience I have had to explain to students and...

VICARIOUS LIABILITY Case Armes v Nottinghamshire County Council (2017) The Times, November 6, Supreme Court Facts A was taken into care...

It may appear to outsiders to be bizarre that the main aim of English civil procedure is to avoid litigation. A legal system has become...

SCHOOLS Repton School fined for safety failings In November 2013 Christine Bywater went to Repton School to watch her grandson play...