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...

RECYCLING Recycling site death from exploding gas cylinder In June 2009 Tony Johnson was working at Walter Heselwood Ltd, a scrap metal...

LIFTS Lift crushing death: stately home operator fined Arthur Mellar, a butler, was killed in July 2014 when a luggage lift descended on...

Tree worker struck by branch: serious head injuries Health and Safety Executive v Perry Regan t/a Toppers Garden Services (2017)...

Conditional fee agreements (CFAs) In April 2000 legal aid for routine personal injury cases was abolished and replaced by no win no fee...

Breach of enforcement notices: company and director fined Health and Safety Executive v Rochdale MOT Centre Ltd and Nazar Hussain (2017)...

INDUSTRY Foundry death from grinder Stuart Stead, an employee of H.I. Quality Steel Castings Ltd, was using a hand-held grinder to work...

RACE DISCRIMINATION Burden of proof Case Efobi v Royal Maul Group Ltd (2017) Morning Star, September 29, EAT Facts E, a black African...

Death of dementia patient from hoist In April 2008 an 87-year old dementia sufferer was being cared for by the Kent and Medway NHS Social...

BREACH OF CONTRACT Implied term of mutual trust and confidence Suspension Case Agoreyu v London Borough of Lambeth (2017) Morning Star,...

Scaffold fall: serious injuries: scaffold inspectors sentenced Health and Safety Executive v Stephen Harper and Garry Arnold (2017)...

Dangerous roof work: suspended sentence for employer Health and Safety Executive v Smith (2017) Leeds Crown Court, September 13 Statutory...

Forklift truck death: £450,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Vinyl Compound Ltd (2017) Manchester Crown Court, September 4 Statutory...