Later today (11th September 2012), a rally will be held at College Green, Bristol against the planned badger cull. With Queen guitarist,...

Bristol health and safety prosecution: £12,700 fine Health and Safety Executive v Clear Channel UK Ltd (2012) Bristol magistrates’ court,...

The law of unfair dismissal in the United Kingdom operates, essentially, to protect employees from being dismissed for no good reason....

R v Lion Steel Equipment Ltd (2012) Manchester Crown Court, July 20 In May 2008 Steven Berry, an employee of Lion Steel, a company which...

Comparative health and safety in a war context Reports of health and safety prosecutions cover, with depressing regularity, incidents...

Customs and Excise Commissioners v Polok and Another (2002) P and others ran an escort agency. The Customs and Excise Commissioners...

Examples of poor clients who have been denied justice Redundancy Practice as an employment lawyer currently involves an increasing number...

Class justice means, essentially, that the principles of justice operate inequitably in favour of one class of people in relation to...

Crimewatch:an exemplar of the spectacle of class justice The crimes presented in the Crimewatch television programme by glamorous...

Fatal head injuries: £200,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v SITA UK Ltd (2012) Wolverhampton Crown Court, June SITA UK Ltd, a...

The following aspects of legal practice in Cuba have been reported: After the revolution, the prestige of lawyers declined and many left...

Severed hand: £100,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Lisec (UK and Ireland) Ltd (2012) Teesside Crown Court, May 29 Lisec (UK and...

Human Rights Act 1998 The Human Rights Act 1998 incorporated the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law in the...

Second conviction since 2008 JMW Farms Limited, a Northern Irish farming company, has been fined following its conviction for corporate...

No society can legitimately call itself civilised if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means. Aneurin Bevan 1947....

In 1815 Robert Owen toured the main factories of Britain. He observed that “in some large factories from one-fourth to one-fifth of the...

Miscarriages of justice The quashing of the conviction of Sam Hallam may remind readers of the following: Guildford Four. In summary, a...

In 1986 Lord Gifford QC published proposals for the reform of the justice system, described as a realisable manifesto for a complete...

The Ogden Tables These Tables took their name from Michael Ogden QC who was the chair of the working party which first drew them up. They...

The following is a provisional explanation of words and phrases which appeared in last week’s blog and which in my experience I have had...