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Robert Spicer
Jul 25, 20181 min read
Company director imprisoned after death of two workers
Company director imprisoned after death of two workers [remove for online] Health and Safety Executive v Simon Thomerson (2018) Luton...
Robert Spicer
Jul 24, 20181 min read
Unfair dismissal: gross misconduct: pattern of conduct
UNFAIR DISMISSAL Pattern of conduct Case Mbubaegbu v Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust UKEAT/0218/17/JOJ Facts M, a...
Robert Spicer
Jun 28, 20181 min read
Prohibition notice: failure to comply: D&S Building Solutions Ltd and director fined
Prohibition notices: failure to comply: £2000 fines Health and Safety Executive v D&S Building Solutions Ltd and Daniel Schipor (2018)...
Robert Spicer
Jun 27, 20182 min read
Building collapse: demolition: client, principal contractor and demolitin contractor fined
Client, principal contractor and demolition contractor fined for building collapse Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service v Taylor...
Robert Spicer
Jun 26, 20181 min read
Forklift truck incident: leg amputation: Morning Foods Ltd fined £30,000
Leg amputation: £30,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Morning Foods Ltd (2018) Chester Crown Court, May 1 Statutory reference:...
Robert Spicer
Jun 25, 20181 min read
Asbestos: inadequate survey: two companies fined
Inadequate asbestos survey: two companies fined Health and Safety Executive v Vital Property Solutions Ltd and Home Inspectors Southern...
Robert Spicer
Jun 24, 20181 min read
Fall from height: serious injuries: two companies fined
Two companies fined following fall from height Health and Safety Executive v Oswestry Shropshire Scaffold Ltd and Centreco (UK) Ltd...
Robert Spicer
Jun 21, 20181 min read
Electric shock injuries: scrap metal business owner imprisoned
Electric shock injuries: scrap metal business owner imprisoned Health and Safety Executive v George William Edward Jones (2018) Swansea...
Robert Spicer
Apr 17, 20181 min read
Trench injury: unsafe system of work:company fined £200,000
Trench injury: £200,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Forefront Utilities Ltd (2017) Maidstone Crown Court, April 12 Statutory...
Robert Spicer
Nov 8, 20173 min read
Child abuse: council liable for foster parents
VICARIOUS LIABILITY Case Armes v Nottinghamshire County Council (2017) The Times, November 6, Supreme Court Facts A was taken into care...
Robert Spicer
Nov 6, 20172 min read
Mediation
It may appear to outsiders to be bizarre that the main aim of English civil procedure is to avoid litigation. A legal system has become...
Robert Spicer
Oct 18, 20171 min read
Tree cutter struck by large branch: no proper training: very serious head injuries
Tree worker struck by branch: serious head injuries Health and Safety Executive v Perry Regan t/a Toppers Garden Services (2017)...
Robert Spicer
Oct 16, 20171 min read
Breach of enforcement notices: Rochdale company and director fined
Breach of enforcement notices: company and director fined Health and Safety Executive v Rochdale MOT Centre Ltd and Nazar Hussain (2017)...
Robert Spicer
Oct 10, 20171 min read
Suspension from work: not neutral: breach of contract
BREACH OF CONTRACT Implied term of mutual trust and confidence Suspension Case Agoreyu v London Borough of Lambeth (2017) Morning Star,...
Robert Spicer
Oct 5, 20171 min read
Scaffold inspectors sentenced for false documents
Scaffold fall: serious injuries: scaffold inspectors sentenced Health and Safety Executive v Stephen Harper and Garry Arnold (2017)...
Robert Spicer
Sep 14, 20171 min read
Dangerous roof work in sight of health and safety managers
Dangerous roof work: suspended sentence for employer Health and Safety Executive v Smith (2017) Leeds Crown Court, September 13 Statutory...
Robert Spicer
Sep 12, 20171 min read
Workplace death of 19 year old: employer fined £450,000
Forklift truck death: £450,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Vinyl Compound Ltd (2017) Manchester Crown Court, September 4 Statutory...
Robert Spicer
Sep 11, 20171 min read
Carbon monoxide poisoning: company and director fined
Carbon monoxide poisoning: company and director fined Health and Safety Executive v SJW Joinery & Building Ltd and Simon Wiley (2017)...
Robert Spicer
Sep 7, 20173 min read
Care home death: 89 year old woman dropped from hoist: Chilton Care Homes Ltd fined
Disability discrimination The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) is a good example of the modern mystification of a new area of law. The...
Robert Spicer
Sep 6, 20171 min read
Hull workplace stepladder death fall: employer fined £1 million
Stepladder fall death: £1 million fine Health and Safety Executive v Greencore Grocery Ltd (2017) Hull Crown Court, September 5 Statutory...
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