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New Health And Safety Prosecutions

Unguarded machinery: £8000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Eccleshall Developments Ltd (2013) Sheffield magistrates’ court, December...

New Case On Psychiatric Injury

Psychiatric injury Causation Application of Johnson v Unisys Case Monk v Cann Hall Primary School and Essex County Council [2014] PIQR...

New Disability Discrimination Cases

Notice of disability Agitated behaviour Case Spence v Covidien UK Commercial Ltd (2013) Eq Opp Rev 242:32, Leeds ET Facts Ms S...

Psychiatric Injury at Work

Psychiatric injury Robbery of betting shop Case Nicholls v Ladbrokes Betting & Gaming Ltd [2014] PIQR P4, CA Statute reference ...

New Health and Safety Case

Multiple skull fractures: £7000 fine Health and Safety Executive v B & B Agricultural Sales Ltd (2013) Truro magistrates’ court, December...

New Disability Discrimination Cases

Scepticism as to back pain Case Hemati v Sportec (UK) Ltd (in liquidation) and another (2013) Eq Opp Rev 242:30, Watford ET Facts H...

Disability: Back Pain

Disability Infrequent back pain Case Swan v LF Beauty (UK) Ltd (2013) Eq Opp Rev 242:29, Bristol ET Facts S, an employee of LF, was...

New Constructive Dismissal Case

Fundamental breach of contract Case Wright v North Ayrshire Council (2013) Morning Star, November 22, EAT Facts W was employed by N...

Work Equipment

Work equipment Reasonable foreseeability Case Hide v The Steeplechase Company (Cheltenham) Ltd and others [2013] EWCA Civ 545...

Crackdown on Benefit Cheats

It was reported yesterday (September 16) that “benefit cheats” could face up to 10 years in prison as part of the Crown Prosecution...

Political prisoners

Huey Newton distinguished two types of political prisoner. First, the great majority, he described as “illegitimate capitalists”. These...

Mine Death

Mine death: £568,000 fines and costs Health and Safety Executive v UK Coal Ltd and Joy Mining Machinery Ltd (2012) Leeds Crown Court,...

Bristol Health and Safety Prosecution

£12,700 fine Health and Safety Executive v Clear Channel UK Ltd (2012) Bristol magistrates’ court, August 20. Clear Channel UK Ltd, an...

Health and Safety Prosecution

Death of steelworker: £500,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Tata Steels UK Ltd (2012) Swansea Crown Court, August 3. Tata Steels UK...

Care Home Death Prosecution

Death in care home: £160,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v New Century Care Ltd (2012) Leeds Crown Court, September 10. New Century...

Corporate Manslaughter

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

Employment of children: Beecroft

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...

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