SEXUAL ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATION Survivor’s benefits under occupational pension Case Innospec Ltd v Walker (2014) Eq Opp Rev 247:29,...

Severe crushing injuries: £10,000 fine Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service v Angus Tyres Ltd (2014) Arbroath Sheriff Court, April...

Since 2001 more than 760 construction workers have been killed on sites. Funding for the Health and Safety Executive was cut by 35 per...

The first health and safety related case involving an express application of human rights law was reported in August 2009. In R v...

Guildford Four. In summary, a group of three men and one woman who were convicted for the Guildford pub bombings in 1975. All four...

Care home death: £170,000 fines and costs Health and Safety Executive v Four Seasons Health Care (England) Ltd (2014) Preston Crown...

Asbestos exposure: £5000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Geoff Thomas and Son Ltd (2014) Bath magistrates’ court, March 19 Geoff...

I am currently working in Morocco. As a health and safety lawyer, I observe practices which shock me and which would rarely arise in the...

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Post-termination victimisation Case Rowstock Ltd v Jessemy [2014] EWCA Civ 185 Facts J was employed as a...

Individual and collective human rights For an ex-miner in Blaenau Gwent, suffering from a terminal lung disease, who develops a raging...

RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION Sunday working Proportionate means of achieving legitimate aim Case Mba v The Mayor and Burgesses of the London...

A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a thousand men with guns Mario Puzo, The Godfather Each wanton judge new penal statutes...

Tony Serra Tony Serra, described as a “ponytailed, potsmoking criminal defense attorney famous for fighting the government”, was...

Death by crushing: £100,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Plasmor (Halton) Ltd (2014) Liverpool Crown Court, February 11 Plasmor...

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Health and safety regulations The recent Scottish case of McKeown v Inverclyde Council (2013) has illustrated the interaction between...

Crushing death: £100,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v R & S Recycling Ltd (2014) Worcester Crown Court, February 4. R & S Recycling...

CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT Requirement to work personally Case Halawi v WDFG UK Ltd t/a World Duty Free UKEAT/0166/13/GE Facts H worked in a...

Queen’s Counsel The rank of QC (Queen’s Counsel) has been awarded, for at least 400 years, to advocates (mostly barristers) who have been...