Electrical explosion: two companies fined £90,000 Health and Safety Executive v Clive Graham Associates Limited and Bellmoor Construction...

Health and Safety Executive v Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (2015) Stafford Crown Court, December 17 Mid Staffordshire NHS...

The Bear Garden The index to the Civil Court Practice contains the following entry: “Bear Garden” lists. The entry refers to the Queen’s...

North Sea gas release: £1.125 million fine Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service v Total E&P UK Ltd (2015) Aberdeen Sheriff Court,...

Crushing death: three companies fined Health and Safety Executive v Punchards Haulage Limited, VTK Structures Ltd and Hanson Packed...

Those who argue in favour of separate court dress for advocates – wig, gown and bands – must deal with the fact that there are no dress...

Care scalding death: £75,000 fine Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service v Ark Housing Association Limited (2015) Edinburgh Sheriff...

Illegal gas boiler installation: fitter and engineer fined Health and Safety Executive v Michael Birch and Peter Hopper (2015) Bodmin...

The rule against perpetuities This is a sort of mental torture for law students and a means of generating income for practitioners. It is...

The use of legal Latin has been the object of sustained judicial criticism. Examples of this in the context of health and safety are the...

Cement burns: £14,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v DLP Services (Northern) Ltd (2015) Sefton magistrates’ court, November 25 DLP...

Litigants in person Most intelligent, reasonably articulate, literate and averagely educated people can make a start on legal proceedings...

Fall death: £400,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v PD Teesport Ltd (2015) Teesside Crown Court, November 23 PD Teesport Ltd has been...

Orwell’s principles of good English could profitably be adopted by Parliamentary draftspersons, who do not need to be legally qualified,...

The Mystery of the Gavel A gavel is a small wooden mallet with a matching block. It can be bought from a specialist legal accessories...

Eructation In Ng v Director of Public Prosecutions (2007), Ng argued that an intoximeter reading had been affected by eructation, in...

Fatal crush injuries: £166,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Imperial Commercials Ltd (2015) Warwick Crown Court, November 19...

Unsafe care home excavations: £2000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Brierstone Ltd (2015) Trafford magistrates’ court, November 13...

Camus, The Fall This is the story of a successful barrister who appears to be the epitome of good citizenship and decent behaviour....

Death from crushing injuries: £180,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Morgan Technical Ceramics Ltd (2015) Chester Crown Court,...