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Crossrail tunnel: worker crushed to death by wet concrete: company fined £1 million +
Crossrail contractor fined £1,065,000 after three incidents including death of worker Health and Safety Executive v Bam Ferrovial Kier...

Robert Spicer
Jul 29, 20171 min read
Worker killed in unsupported wall collapse
Death of worker in wall collapse: £20,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Mike Neesam & Son Ltd (2017) Peterlee magistrates’ court,...

Robert Spicer
Jul 27, 20171 min read
Ex turpi causa non oritur actio: Latin maxims alive and well in Scottish court
HEALTH AND SAFETY Ex turpi causa non oritur actio: “from a dishonourable cause an action does not arise” Case D Geddes (Contractors)...

Robert Spicer
Jul 26, 20171 min read
Charity law
Charity law This is an industry in itself. Charity law is a massive subject in its own right, overlapping significantly with company law,...

Robert Spicer
Jul 25, 20172 min read
Apprentice seriously injured in workplace fall: company fined £20,000
Fall from height: serious injuries: £20,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Bespoke Bodies Ltd (2017) Liverpool magistrates’ court,...

Robert Spicer
Jul 24, 20171 min read
Serious crush injuries from trailer load: company fined £100,000
Crush injuries: haulage company fined £100,000 Health and Safety Executive v Maxi Haulage Limited (2017) Warwick Crown Court, July 10...

Robert Spicer
Jul 23, 20171 min read
Hospital patient death: inadequate training: NHS Trust fined £1million
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust fined £1million after death of patient Health and Safety Executive v United Lincolnshire...

Robert Spicer
Jul 20, 20171 min read
Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome: company fined £120,000
Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome: £120,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Newfield Fabrications Co Ltd (2017) Manchester and Salford...

Robert Spicer
Jul 19, 20171 min read
Explosion at chemical company’s site: £1.2 million fine
Explosion at chemicals company site: £1.2 million fine Health and Safety Executive v Industrial Chemicals Ltd (2017) Chelmsford Crown...

Robert Spicer
Jul 18, 20171 min read
Lichfield hand crush injuries: Rom Ltd fined £200,000
Crush injuries: £200,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Rom Ltd (2017) North Staffordshire Justice Centre, May 10 Statutory...

Robert Spicer
Jun 28, 20171 min read
Whistleblowing: more than one employer can be liable
Worker More than one employer Case Day v Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust and another (2017) The Times, June 26, Court of Appeal Facts D...

Robert Spicer
Jun 25, 20171 min read
Surrey and Borders Partnership fined £300,000 after death of vulnerable patient
NHS Foundation Trust fined following death of patient Health and Safety Executive v Surrey and Borders NHS Foundation Trust (2017)...

Robert Spicer
Jun 24, 20171 min read
Ogden Tables: age as key factor in calculation: unconscious racism?
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...

Robert Spicer
Jun 22, 20172 min read
Fatal crushing incident on London construction site: CMF Ltd fined £185,000
Fatal crushing incident: company fined £185,000 Health and Safety Executive v CMF Ltd (2017) Southwark Crown Court, April 21 Statutory...

Robert Spicer
Jun 21, 20171 min read
Plymouth mobile elevated work platform death: compnay fined £130,000
Mobile elevated platform death: £130,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Pyeroy Ltd (2017) Plymouth magistrates’ court, June 16...

Robert Spicer
Jun 20, 20171 min read
Health and safety law: the Cinderella of the English legal system: never more important
Health and safety law outwardly appears to be for the benefit of the working class. It has been argued that it was never properly...

Robert Spicer
Jun 19, 20172 min read
Poverty: the reality compared with lawyers’ earnings
Poverty How many practising lawyers know the real meaning of poverty? The income of lawyers, discussed below, should be seen, for...

Robert Spicer
Jun 7, 20172 min read
Severed hand in the workplace: company fined £24,000
Severed hand: £24,000 finE Health and Safety Executive v Pipework Engineering Services Ltd (2017) Birmingham magistrates’ court, May 26...

Robert Spicer
Jun 6, 20171 min read
Nottingham City Council fined after apprentice injured
Lawnmower hand injuries: local authority fined £33,000 Health and Safety Executive v Nottingham City Council (2017) Nottingham Crown...

Robert Spicer
May 30, 20171 min read
Homelessness not a matter of necessity: Lord Denning in London Borough of Southwark v Williams
Hunger and homelessness: London Borough of Southwark v Williams (1971) Homeless families in London squatted in empty houses in Southwark....

Robert Spicer
May 29, 20171 min read
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