Employers’ liability insurance Company in liquidation Case Campbell v Peter Gordon Joiners Ltd (In Liquidation) and Another (2016) The...

Paris Commune For ten weeks in 1871, workers, artisans, students and veterans of revolutions took control of the second largest city in...

HEALTH AND SAFETY Prohibition notices Appeal Case HM Inspector of Health & Safety v Chevron North Sea Ltd (2016) Scottish Inner House 29...

Working classes The phrase “working class” has significant legal connotations and has been the subject of judicial definition in a number...

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION Reasonable adjustments Provision, criterion or practice Case Carreras v United First Partners Research (2016)...

Court of Appeal decision on the meaning of “employee”: freelance interpreters Case Secretary of State for Justice v Windle and Arada...

HIV/AIDS in Cuba Another extreme example of the contradiction between collective and individual human rights is the reported action of...

Emma Goldman (1869-1940) The young Emma Goldman poured scorn on the inadequacy of campaigning for an eight-hour day. She aimed to expose...

Qualification as a barrister by accident of birth In July 2009 it was reported that Prince William had been made an honorary barrister....

Demolition crush injuries: £40,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Complete Demolition Ltd (2016) Liverpool Crown Court, July 8...

Under the 1987 Criminal Code, every socially dangerous action or omission, prohibited by law resulting in a penal sanction, is a...

Day care centre death: suspended prison sentence for support worker Health and Safety Executive v Tracey Ann Gilboy (2016) Leeds Crown...

Pro bono initiatives Old books for the third world The organised distribution of secondhand law books to sub-Saharan Africa, the poorer...

Recent reports of increased levels of race hate and racist abuse mean that all lawyers with any sense of justice must unite to fight this...

COMPUTERS AND THE LAW A computer is a good servant but a bad master (amended old English idiom). We are currently experiencing...

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust fined £200,000 for safety failings Health and Safety Executive v Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation...

British Telecommunications PLC has been fined after two of its employees were seriously injured in falls from height. Significant points...

Care home company fined £400,000 for bedrail failures Health and Safety Executive v BUPA Care Homes (CFC Homes) Ltd, Carlisle Crown...

Money and the English legal system To understand the reality of the practical workings of the English legal system, and to comply with...

For many people, their main contact with lawyers is dealing with the solicitor who handles the procedure of buying and selling houses....