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Forklift truck incident: leg amputation: Morning Foods Ltd fined £30,000
Leg amputation: £30,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Morning Foods Ltd (2018) Chester Crown Court, May 1 Statutory reference:...

Robert Spicer
Jun 26, 20181 min read
Asbestos: inadequate survey: two companies fined
Inadequate asbestos survey: two companies fined Health and Safety Executive v Vital Property Solutions Ltd and Home Inspectors Southern...

Robert Spicer
Jun 25, 20181 min read
Fall from height: serious injuries: two companies fined
Two companies fined following fall from height Health and Safety Executive v Oswestry Shropshire Scaffold Ltd and Centreco (UK) Ltd...

Robert Spicer
Jun 24, 20181 min read
Electric shock injuries: scrap metal business owner imprisoned
Electric shock injuries: scrap metal business owner imprisoned Health and Safety Executive v George William Edward Jones (2018) Swansea...

Robert Spicer
Jun 21, 20181 min read
Contract of employment: worker: Supreme Court decision in Pimlico Plumbers
CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT Worker Case Pimlico Plumbers and another v Smith (2018) The Times, June 19, Supreme Court Facts The employment...

Robert Spicer
Jun 19, 20181 min read
Wages: unlawful deduction: limitation period
WAGES Deductions Time limit for claims Case Coletta v Bath Hill Court (Bournemouth) Property Management Ltd (2018 Morning Star, June 15,...

Robert Spicer
Jun 17, 20181 min read
Redundancy: Written notice
Case Haywood v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2018] UKSC 22, Supreme Court Facts The Trust identified H’s post as...

Robert Spicer
May 26, 20181 min read
Recent health and safety prosecutions
Waste management company fined after death of worker Health and Safety Executive v Viridor Waste Management Ltd (2018) Plymouth Crown...

Robert Spicer
May 20, 20185 min read
Trench injury: unsafe system of work:company fined £200,000
Trench injury: £200,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Forefront Utilities Ltd (2017) Maidstone Crown Court, April 12 Statutory...

Robert Spicer
Apr 17, 20181 min read
Glossary D-I
Damages: Financial compensation Devil: A barrister paid by another barrister to do the latter’s work Directives: European legislation...

Robert Spicer
Jan 8, 20182 min read
Glossary A-C
GLOSSARY The following is a provisional explanation of words and phrases which in my experience I have had to explain to students and...

Robert Spicer
Jan 7, 20183 min read
Child abuse: council liable for foster parents
VICARIOUS LIABILITY Case Armes v Nottinghamshire County Council (2017) The Times, November 6, Supreme Court Facts A was taken into care...

Robert Spicer
Nov 8, 20173 min read
Schools: health and safety horrors
SCHOOLS Repton School fined for safety failings In November 2013 Christine Bywater went to Repton School to watch her grandson play...

Robert Spicer
Oct 31, 20172 min read
Health and safety horrors continued: recycling industry
RECYCLING Recycling site death from exploding gas cylinder In June 2009 Tony Johnson was working at Walter Heselwood Ltd, a scrap metal...

Robert Spicer
Oct 25, 20173 min read
Health and safety horrors: lift shaft nightmares
LIFTS Lift crushing death: stately home operator fined Arthur Mellar, a butler, was killed in July 2014 when a luggage lift descended on...

Robert Spicer
Oct 24, 20172 min read
Tree cutter struck by large branch: no proper training: very serious head injuries
Tree worker struck by branch: serious head injuries Health and Safety Executive v Perry Regan t/a Toppers Garden Services (2017)...

Robert Spicer
Oct 18, 20171 min read
No win no fee: the reality
Conditional fee agreements (CFAs) In April 2000 legal aid for routine personal injury cases was abolished and replaced by no win no fee...

Robert Spicer
Oct 17, 20174 min read
Breach of enforcement notices: Rochdale company and director fined
Breach of enforcement notices: company and director fined Health and Safety Executive v Rochdale MOT Centre Ltd and Nazar Hussain (2017)...

Robert Spicer
Oct 16, 20171 min read
Health and safety horrors: examples from industry
INDUSTRY Foundry death from grinder Stuart Stead, an employee of H.I. Quality Steel Castings Ltd, was using a hand-held grinder to work...

Robert Spicer
Oct 15, 20174 min read
Race discrimination: burden of proof
RACE DISCRIMINATION Burden of proof Case Efobi v Royal Maul Group Ltd (2017) Morning Star, September 29, EAT Facts E, a black African...

Robert Spicer
Oct 12, 20172 min read
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