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Health and Safety at Work Act leading cases (5) Section 6: Injury during trials of dummy mine Case: McKay v Unwin Pyrotechnics Ltd (1991)...
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Robert Spicer
Nov 18, 20202 min read
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Health and Safety at Work Act leading cases (4) Reasonable practicability R v Nelson Group Services (Maintenance) Ltd (1999) N Ltd...
Robert Spicer
Nov 11, 20205 min read
Crown Censure and the rule of law
The “rule of law” has been defined to mean that no man is above the law. This principle is critically undermined by the concept of Crown...
Robert Spicer
Nov 8, 20202 min read
Remote tribunal hearings
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Remote hearings Summary of most recent provisions Hearings may take place in a wholly or partly remote basis. Wholly...
Robert Spicer
Nov 4, 20202 min read
Manslaughter: illegality defence to compensation claim
SUPREME COURT Illegality defence Case Ecila Henderson (A Protected Party, by her litigation friend, The Official Solicitor) v Dorset...
Robert Spicer
Nov 1, 20206 min read
Redundancy law and practice - Part 9
TIME OFF TO LOOK FOR WORK Employees with at least two years continuous employment are entitled to reasonable time off during a redundancy...
Robert Spicer
Oct 29, 20202 min read
New Employment Tribunal Procedure Regulations
The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment)...
Robert Spicer
Oct 21, 202013 min read
Redundancy law and practice - Part 8
REDUNDANCY & DISCRIMINATION Age Discrimination Kirk v Citibank 3200291/2018, East London Employment Tribunal Facts Citibank made K...
Robert Spicer
Oct 14, 20203 min read
Redundancy law and practice - Part 7
Agreed procedures Jackson v General Accident, Fire & Life Assurance Co Ltd [1976] IRLR 338, EAT: The meaning of agreed procedure,...
Robert Spicer
Oct 7, 20205 min read
Redundancy law and practice - Part 6
Evidence of decision Agarwal v Cardiff University UKEAT/0115/19/RN A, a clinical senior lecturer employed by C, was dismissed for...
Robert Spicer
Sep 30, 20207 min read
Redundancy law and practice - Part 5
Failure to consult with an individual may make dismissal unfair but compensation may be reduced (Polkey reduction) where it made no...
Robert Spicer
Sep 23, 20206 min read
Redundancy law and practice - Part 4
UNFAIR REDUNDANCY DISMISSAL Automatically unfair dismissal for specified reasons No genuine redundancy situation Failure to consult...
Robert Spicer
Sep 16, 20204 min read
Redundancy law and practice - Part 3
Suitable Alternative Employment Unreasonable refusal of suitable alternative employment results in loss of statutory redundancy pay. S....
Robert Spicer
Sep 9, 20204 min read
Redundancy law and practice - Part 2
Closure of the workplace An employee is dismissed for redundancy if it is attributable wholly or mainly to the fact that the employer has...
Robert Spicer
Sep 2, 20203 min read
Redundancy law and practice - Part 1
REDUNDANCY: AN OUTLINE OF LAW AND PRACTICE Redundancy, like much of employment law, is an increasingly complex concept. Its legal...
Robert Spicer
Aug 27, 20206 min read
Health and safety at work - leading cases - Part 2
REAL RISK Death of child R v Porter (2008) P was the headmaster of a private school aged 3 to 16. The school had two playgrounds, access...
Robert Spicer
Aug 6, 20206 min read
Health and safety general definitions - Part 3
PRACTICABLE Stricter standard Adsett v K & L Steel Founders and Engineers Ltd (1953) A worked in a foundry. His job was to shovel various...
Robert Spicer
Jul 30, 20206 min read
Health and safety: general definitions - Part 2
IN THE COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT Work away from employer’s premises General Cleaning Contractors Ltd v Christmas (1952) C was cleaning a sash...
Robert Spicer
Jul 29, 20201 min read
Worker paralysed in roof fall: two companies fined £540,000
Worker paralysed in roof fall: two companies fined £540,000 Health and Safety Executive v Grangewood Builders Ltd and Trenchco Ltd (2018)...
Robert Spicer
Jul 23, 20206 min read
Health and safety cases: General health and safety terms - Part 1
ACCIDENT Back injury caused by repeated lifting of patients Mullen v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2002) M was employed as an...
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