SCHOOLS Repton School fined for safety failings In November 2013 Christine Bywater went to Repton School to watch her grandson play...

RECYCLING Recycling site death from exploding gas cylinder In June 2009 Tony Johnson was working at Walter Heselwood Ltd, a scrap metal...

LIFTS Lift crushing death: stately home operator fined Arthur Mellar, a butler, was killed in July 2014 when a luggage lift descended on...

Tree worker struck by branch: serious head injuries Health and Safety Executive v Perry Regan t/a Toppers Garden Services (2017)...

Conditional fee agreements (CFAs) In April 2000 legal aid for routine personal injury cases was abolished and replaced by no win no fee...

Breach of enforcement notices: company and director fined Health and Safety Executive v Rochdale MOT Centre Ltd and Nazar Hussain (2017)...

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

RACE DISCRIMINATION Burden of proof Case Efobi v Royal Maul Group Ltd (2017) Morning Star, September 29, EAT Facts E, a black African...

Death of dementia patient from hoist In April 2008 an 87-year old dementia sufferer was being cared for by the Kent and Medway NHS Social...

BREACH OF CONTRACT Implied term of mutual trust and confidence Suspension Case Agoreyu v London Borough of Lambeth (2017) Morning Star,...

Scaffold fall: serious injuries: scaffold inspectors sentenced Health and Safety Executive v Stephen Harper and Garry Arnold (2017)...

Dangerous roof work: suspended sentence for employer Health and Safety Executive v Smith (2017) Leeds Crown Court, September 13 Statutory...

Forklift truck death: £450,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Vinyl Compound Ltd (2017) Manchester Crown Court, September 4 Statutory...

Carbon monoxide poisoning: company and director fined Health and Safety Executive v SJW Joinery & Building Ltd and Simon Wiley (2017)...

Disability discrimination The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) is a good example of the modern mystification of a new area of law. The...

Stepladder fall death: £1 million fine Health and Safety Executive v Greencore Grocery Ltd (2017) Hull Crown Court, September 5 Statutory...

Fall from height: worker paralysed: £26,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Mager Homes Ltd (2017) Lincoln magistrates’ court, August...

Company and director sentenced for continuing safety failings Health and Safety Executive v Crofty Point Metals Ltd and Robert Michael...

Hand crush injuries: £300,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Heathcoat Fabrics Ltd (2017) Exeter magistrates’ court, August 22...

Health and safety failures on construction site: £145,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Ikon Construction Ltd (2017) North Somerset...