Chapter 1 looks at money. It puts forward the argument that money is the key which unlocks the meaning of English law. It discusses the...

Last month, the Ministry of Justice has released statistics from the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal, covering the...

Robert Spicer’s new book – LAW – has now been published in electronic form on the Amazon Kindle store. The book aims, in general, to set...

Death of steelworker: £500,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Tata Steels UK Ltd (2012) Swansea Crown Court, August 3. Tata Steels UK...

The Mythical Art of Advocacy My own view is that the “Art of Advocacy” is essentially mythical. The reality is that, so far as civil...

Death in care home: £160,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v New Century Care Ltd (2012) Leeds Crown Court, September 10. New Century...

Later today (11th September 2012), a rally will be held at College Green, Bristol against the planned badger cull. With Queen guitarist,...

Bristol health and safety prosecution: £12,700 fine Health and Safety Executive v Clear Channel UK Ltd (2012) Bristol magistrates’ court,...

The law of unfair dismissal in the United Kingdom operates, essentially, to protect employees from being dismissed for no good reason....

R v Lion Steel Equipment Ltd (2012) Manchester Crown Court, July 20 In May 2008 Steven Berry, an employee of Lion Steel, a company which...

Comparative health and safety in a war context Reports of health and safety prosecutions cover, with depressing regularity, incidents...

Customs and Excise Commissioners v Polok and Another (2002) P and others ran an escort agency. The Customs and Excise Commissioners...

Examples of poor clients who have been denied justice Redundancy Practice as an employment lawyer currently involves an increasing number...

Class justice means, essentially, that the principles of justice operate inequitably in favour of one class of people in relation to...

Crimewatch:an exemplar of the spectacle of class justice The crimes presented in the Crimewatch television programme by glamorous...

Fatal head injuries: £200,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v SITA UK Ltd (2012) Wolverhampton Crown Court, June SITA UK Ltd, a...

The following aspects of legal practice in Cuba have been reported: After the revolution, the prestige of lawyers declined and many left...

Severed hand: £100,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Lisec (UK and Ireland) Ltd (2012) Teesside Crown Court, May 29 Lisec (UK and...

Human Rights Act 1998 The Human Rights Act 1998 incorporated the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law in the...

Second conviction since 2008 JMW Farms Limited, a Northern Irish farming company, has been fined following its conviction for corporate...