Robert Spicer
Glossary A-C
GLOSSARY The following is a provisional explanation of words and phrases which in my experience I have had to explain to students and...
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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 31, 20172 min read
Schools: health and safety horrors
SCHOOLS Repton School fined for safety failings In November 2013 Christine Bywater went to Repton School to watch her grandson play...
Robert Spicer
Oct 25, 20173 min read
Health and safety horrors continued: recycling industry
RECYCLING Recycling site death from exploding gas cylinder In June 2009 Tony Johnson was working at Walter Heselwood Ltd, a scrap metal...
Robert Spicer
Oct 24, 20172 min read
Health and safety horrors: lift shaft nightmares
LIFTS Lift crushing death: stately home operator fined Arthur Mellar, a butler, was killed in July 2014 when a luggage lift descended on...
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 17, 20174 min read
No win no fee: the reality
Conditional fee agreements (CFAs) In April 2000 legal aid for routine personal injury cases was abolished and replaced by no win no fee...
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 15, 20174 min read
Health and safety horrors: examples from industry
INDUSTRY Foundry death from grinder Stuart Stead, an employee of H.I. Quality Steel Castings Ltd, was using a hand-held grinder to work...
Robert Spicer
Oct 12, 20172 min read
Race discrimination: burden of proof
RACE DISCRIMINATION Burden of proof Case Efobi v Royal Maul Group Ltd (2017) Morning Star, September 29, EAT Facts E, a black African...
Robert Spicer
Oct 11, 20172 min read
Health and safety horrors: care home deaths
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...
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...
Robert Spicer
Sep 4, 20171 min read
Workplace fall from height: worker paralysed
Fall from height: worker paralysed: £26,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Mager Homes Ltd (2017) Lincoln magistrates’ court, August...
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