Last Friday, 10th October, was World Mental Health Day. Its aim is to raise awareness and support of those suffering with mental health...

Care home death: £5000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Greencroft Care Ltd (2014) Mold magistrates’ court, September 25. Greencroft...

Gun injuries: BAE company fined Health and Safety Executive v BAE Systems Global Combat Systems Munitions Limited (2014) September 19,...

Scaffolding death: prison sentence Health and Safety Executive v Mark Anthony Hayes t/a WSS Scaffolding (2014) Southwark Crown Court,...

Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill: rhetoric or change? The Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill, nicknamed the...

Prosecution of Environment Agency: £5000 fine Health and Safety Executive v The Environment Agency (2014) Kendal magistrates’ court,...

What can lawyers do about the killing and maiming of men, women and children in Gaza? The implications of international law and the law...

Crushing Death:Prison Sentences Department of Business Innovation and Skills and Health and Safety Executive v Paul O’Boyle and Russell...

Amputated fingers: £2400 fine Health and Safety Executive v Solway Foods Ltd (2014) Newport magistrates’ court, August 15 Solway Foods...

Two recent cases have considered the issue of whether the condition of obesity, generally recognised as a growing health concern, can in...

Migrant workers Since the enlargement of the European Union, with the general principle that citizens of EU states have the right of free...

The Supreme Court has given judgment in the case of Hounga v Allen and others [2014] UKSC 47. The essence of the Court’s decision is that...

Section 1(2) of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 states, in summary, that a person whose course of conduct is in question ought to...

Those of us who reluctantly accept the absurdity of human existence, who include some practising lawyers, find ourselves having to reach...

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

Jessica Mitford (1917-1996) was an English author, journalist and political campaigner who became an American citizen. She identified, in...

Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS): £20,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Cummins Power Generation Ltd (2014) Canterbury...

Poverty How many practising lawyers know the real meaning of poverty? The income of lawyers should be seen, for example, in the context...

Airbus death: £200,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Airbus Operations Ltd (2014) Mold Crown Court, July 17 Airbus has been fined...

Gas risk: suspended prison sentence Health and Safety Executive v John Stanley (2014) Luton magistrates’ court, July 14 A roofing...