Multiple deaths on excavation site: two companies and director sentenced Health and Safety Executive v Claxton Engineering Services Ltd,...

Reversing vehicle death: £20,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Cavanna Homes (SW) Ltd and Steve Hoskin Construction Ltd (2017)...

Death of worker: £475,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v ATE Truck and Trailer Sales Ltd (2017) Wolverhampton Crown Court, May 16...

Farm death: £20,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Penhill Farm Ltd and Selwyn Andrew Thomas Richards (2017) Swansea Crown Court, May...

Stereotypical assumptions Unreasonable conduct Case Chief Constable of Kent Constabulary v Bowler (2017) Morning Star, May 5, EAT Facts...

Islamic headscarf Customer complaint Case Bougnaoui v Micropole SA (2017) Morning Star, May 12, European Court of Justice Facts B was...

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RACE DISCRIMINATION Indirect discrimination Supreme Court analysis Case Essop and others v Home Office (UK Border Agency); Naeem v...

Local authority fined £1million for crushing incident Health and Safety Executive v Nottinghamshire County Council (2017) Nottingham...

Serious hand injuries: construction company fined Health and Safety Executive v Coldmac Ltd (2017) Nuneaton magistrates’ court, March 28...

Engineering company fined for laceration Health and Safety Executive v Moy Park Ltd (2017) Lincoln Crown Court, April 12 Statutory...

CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT Mutuality of obligation Case Capita Translations v Slauclunas and another (2017) Morning Star, April 7, EAT Facts...

Crushing injuries: £46,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Bryan Alexander Ltd (2017) Plymouth magistrates’ court, April 3 Statutory...

Worker electrocuted: £260,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v BAM Construction Ltd and Shoreland Projects Ltd (2017) Winchester Crown...

Essar Oil (UK) Ltd fined £1,650,000 after explosion at refinery [remove for online] Health and Safety Executive v Essar Oil (UK) Ltd...

Construction company fined £800,000 following Heathrow crushing death Health and Safety Executive v Laing O’Rourke Construction Ltd...

Reasonable adjustments Case FirstGroup plc v Paulley [2017} IRLR 258, Supreme Court Facts P, a wheelchair user, tried to catch a bus...

Associative discrimination Case McCorry and others v McKeith [2017] IRLR 253, Northern Ireland Court of Appeal Facts M was employed as an...

Fall from aircraft: serious injuries: £160,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Inflite Engineering Ltd (2017) Chelmsford magistrates’...

The key to understanding the English legal system is the central role of money. I have lost count of the number of my clients who have...