Employment lawyers in Clifton, Bristol, have compiled a database of leading cases dealing with contributory negligence in the context of...

Employment lawyers in Bristol, particularly those based in Clifton, have been concerned to keep up with developments in the law related...

Leading cases on this issue include the following: Fairchild and Others v Glenhaven Funeral Services and Others (200) The Times, 21 June,...

Significant cases on alcohol and drug abuse and health and safety at work include the following: Armed forces: drunkenness: employer’s...

Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work, etc., Act 1974 (HSWA), in summary, requires employers to conduct their undertaking in a way...

Reports of health and safety prosecutions cover, with depressing regularity, incidents involving deaths and injuries caused by crushing....

The question of injury caused by noise at work deserves separate treatment because it has been the subject of a distinct line of cases....

Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service v Craig Boswell (2019) Hamilton Sheriff Court, May 20 Statutory reference: s.3 of the Health...

Health and Safety Executive v Centriforce Products Ltd (2019) Liverpool Crown Court, May 13 Statutory reference: S.2 of the Health and...

Health and Safety Executive v 2 Sisters Food Group (2019) Doncaster magistrates’ court, March 29 Statutory reference: ss. 2 and 3 of the...

Health and Safety Executive v Braegate Produce Ltd (2019) Leeds magistrates’ court, April 12 Statutory reference: regulation 4 of the...

UNIVERSITIES Bomblet explosion In February 2011 three employees at the Explosives Research Section at Cranfield University were...

SCHOOLS Repton School staircase injuries In November 2013 Christine Bywater went to Repton School to watch her grandson play football. ...

RECYCLING Gas cylinder explosion death In June 2009 Tony Johnson was working at Walter Heselwood Ltd’s site in Sheffield. A pressurised...

MINES Death of coal miner in roof fall In September 2011 Gerry Gibson was working at Kellingley colliery. He was killed when 15 tonnes of...

LAWNMOWERS Serious hand injury In March 2014 an employee of New Charter Housing Trust was using a ride-on mower with a grass box...

INDUSTRY Foundry death from grinder Stuart Stead, an employee of H.I. Quality Steel Castings Ltd, was using a hand-held grinder to work...

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES Release of toxic substances In November 2011 methyl iodide, a highly toxic substance which can affect the central...

GARAGES Garage pit fall: serious injuries The injured customer’s car was parked in front of a vehicle inspection pit. Farhad Mashinchi,...

FISHERIES Death of diver Graeme Mackie placed an advert online offering his services as a trainee shellfish diver. John MacNeil engaged...