Asbestos disturbance: £10,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v 24-Hour Maintenance Services Ltd and Firestone Estates Ltd (2016)...

Oral tobacco In Sweden and parts of Finland, the use of oral tobacco as an alternative to smoking is fairly widespread. Oral tobacco is a...

Shellfish diving safety failures: £4000 fine Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service v Douglas Cameron (2016) Campbell Sheriff Court,...

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

Death of forklift truck operator: £135,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Severfield (UK) Ltd (2016) Teesside Crown Court, April 13...

The economic implications of the Iraq War In 2008 Joseph Stiglitz, former Chief Economist at the World Bank, and Linda Bilmes, a leading...

Personal protective equipment Case Kennedy v Cordia (Services) LLP [2016] ICR 325, Supreme Court Statute reference Personal Protective...

The law industry If all law were to be abolished, which is not necessarily to argue that it should be, then thousands of workers in the...

Roof fall: £153,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v PV Solar UK Ltd (2016) Canterbury Crown Court, March 21 PV Solar UK Ltd, a solar...

In 1957, Albert Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, with a prize of $42,000. He deposited the cheque in a bank in Stockholm...

VICARIOUS LIABILITY Relationship between an individual and a defendant Case Cox v Ministry of Justice [2016] UKSC 10 Facts Mrs Cox ( C )...

Demystification methods Statutes and Regulations Many of these can be simplified by breaking them down into their essential elements,...

Fall injuries: Pembrokeshire family farm fined Health and Safety Executive v Rees family partnership (2016) Haverfordwest magistrates’...

Harold Barclay, People Without Government (An Anthropology of Anarchism) A shock for lawyers – law is not universal – there are societies...

The “art” of the advocate is often seen to be the asking of questions of such detail and complexity, endlessly repeated with hardly...

Crane collapse: worker and member of the public killed: company fined £750,000 Health and Safety Executive v Falcon Crane Hire Ltd (2016)...

On 1st April all employers must pay employees over the age of 25 the new living wage – £7.20. On the surface, this seems a positive step...

The sheer, mind-numbing boredom of courtroom advocacy is rarely admitted. The detailed, endless preparation, the waiting in draughty...

Specimen opening statement for an unrepresented client Ask the court or tribunal for permission to make a brief opening statement....

Waste management crushing death: £136,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Rainbow Waste Management Ltd (2016) Derby Crown Court,...