The common law gave no health and safety protection for employees. The first Act intended to protect the welfare of people at work was...

Some lawyers who have made a reasonable living from the practice of English law have not embraced the legal system as a saviour or a...

I don’t give a shit about international law. (Thomas Foley, appointed in 2003 as head of private sector development in Iraq) At the heart...

Hospital death: £200,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (2014) Stafford Crown Court, April 28...

County court fees From April 22, 2014, fees for applications to the county court have increased significantly. The fees are assessed...

An employment tribunal may reconsider its judgment where it is in the interests of justice to do so. This power is set out in the...

SEXUAL ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATION Survivor’s benefits under occupational pension Case Innospec Ltd v Walker (2014) Eq Opp Rev 247:29,...

Severe crushing injuries: £10,000 fine Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service v Angus Tyres Ltd (2014) Arbroath Sheriff Court, April...

Since 2001 more than 760 construction workers have been killed on sites. Funding for the Health and Safety Executive was cut by 35 per...

The first health and safety related case involving an express application of human rights law was reported in August 2009. In R v...

Guildford Four. In summary, a group of three men and one woman who were convicted for the Guildford pub bombings in 1975. All four...

Care home death: £170,000 fines and costs Health and Safety Executive v Four Seasons Health Care (England) Ltd (2014) Preston Crown...

Asbestos exposure: £5000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Geoff Thomas and Son Ltd (2014) Bath magistrates’ court, March 19 Geoff...

I am currently working in Morocco. As a health and safety lawyer, I observe practices which shock me and which would rarely arise in the...

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Post-termination victimisation Case Rowstock Ltd v Jessemy [2014] EWCA Civ 185 Facts J was employed as a...

Individual and collective human rights For an ex-miner in Blaenau Gwent, suffering from a terminal lung disease, who develops a raging...

RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION Sunday working Proportionate means of achieving legitimate aim Case Mba v The Mayor and Burgesses of the London...

A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a thousand men with guns Mario Puzo, The Godfather Each wanton judge new penal statutes...

Tony Serra Tony Serra, described as a “ponytailed, potsmoking criminal defense attorney famous for fighting the government”, was...