CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT Mutuality of obligation Case Capita Translations v Slauclunas and another (2017) Morning Star, April 7, EAT Facts...

Crushing injuries: £46,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Bryan Alexander Ltd (2017) Plymouth magistrates’ court, April 3 Statutory...

Worker electrocuted: £260,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v BAM Construction Ltd and Shoreland Projects Ltd (2017) Winchester Crown...

Essar Oil (UK) Ltd fined £1,650,000 after explosion at refinery [remove for online] Health and Safety Executive v Essar Oil (UK) Ltd...

Construction company fined £800,000 following Heathrow crushing death Health and Safety Executive v Laing O’Rourke Construction Ltd...

Reasonable adjustments Case FirstGroup plc v Paulley [2017} IRLR 258, Supreme Court Facts P, a wheelchair user, tried to catch a bus...

Associative discrimination Case McCorry and others v McKeith [2017] IRLR 253, Northern Ireland Court of Appeal Facts M was employed as an...

Fall from aircraft: serious injuries: £160,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Inflite Engineering Ltd (2017) Chelmsford magistrates’...

The key to understanding the English legal system is the central role of money. I have lost count of the number of my clients who have...

Identity cards Without going into the details of the current arguments for and against identity cards, which may seem to have reached the...

Container terminal fined £180,000 following serious injuries to worker Health and Safety Executive v London Container (Tilbury) Ltd...

Lift crushing death: stately home operator fined £266,000 Health and Safety Executive v Burghley House Preservation Trust Ltd (2017)...

Driver death: Ministry of Defence Crown Censure Statutory reference: ss. 2 and 3 of the Health and Safety at Work, etc., Act 1974 (HSWA)....

Bar Standards Board v Howd; Howd v Bar Standards Board [2017] EWHC 210 (Admin) Background A Disciplinary Tribunal of the Council of the...

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

Forklift incident: serious injuries: suspended sentences for employers [remove for online] Health and Safety Executive v Maurice James...

Fall death: £600,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Go Ahead London (2017) Southwark Crown Court, February 14 Statutory reference:...

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...

UNFAIR DISMISSAL Automatically unfair Trade union purposes Case Metrolink RATPDEV v Morris UKEAT/0113/16/RN Facts M, a union...