Amputated fingers: £8000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Severn Valley Woodworks Ltd (2015) Stroud magistrates’ court, August 3 Severn...

Molten sulphur burns: £20,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Total Lindsey Oil Refinery (2015) Grimsby magistrates’ court, June 12...

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

SEX DISCRIMINATION £800,000 compensation Case Marks v Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Trust (2016) Eq Opp Rev 269:31, Nottingham ET Facts M...

Lord Sewel has resigned from his positions as the Lords’ Deputy speaker and chairman of the Lords privileges and conduct committee amid...

RACE DISCRIMINATION Immigration status Case Taiwo v Olaigbe and Onu v Akwiwu (2016) Morning Star, August 5, Supreme Court Facts Two...

RACE DISCRIMINATION Promotion Harassment Case Lungu v Chief Constable of Wiltshire Police (2015) Eq Opp Rev 259:23, Bristol ET Facts L,...

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

Fair ride injury: £1500 fine Health and Safety Executive v Patrick McGeough (2015) Northampton Crown Court, May 19 Patrick McGeough, the...

Latest press reports indicate that the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War, which has been running for six years, has now cost £10 million....

Across Greece this week (w/c 29th June 2015), banks will be closed and cash withdrawals limited to €60 (£42) ahead of the deadline for a...

Hospital death: £40,000 fine Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service v Highland Health Board (2015) Inverness Sheriff Court, July 7...

Chilcot Inquiry Before this Inquiry started its hearings, Public Interest Lawyers commented that the key issues should include the...

In an episode which could be taken straight from a Hollywood blockbuster, FIFA, the governing body of football worldwide has been shaken...

William Godwin Godwin (1756-1836), was a political writer and novelist who was one of the earliest and most trenchant critics of law. He...

Kropotkin was a Russian geographer and revolutionary. His work included the following comments: • Prisons do not moralise their inmates;...

The case of John Wynne and the Royal Mint The case of John Wynne, employed by the Royal Mint at Llantrisant, South Wales, has highlighted...

Asbestos exposure: £22,400 fine Health and Safety Executive v Labform Ltd (2015) Ipswich magistrates’ court, May 12 Labform Ltd, a...

Cuban prisons are overcrowded, unhygienic and unhealthy. This can be compared with the position in the United Kingdom and the United...

Human Rights Watch acknowledged advances in education and healthcare for the general population but lamented that they were not matched...