Robert Spicer
Recent health and safety prosecutions
Skip lorry death: £300,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Adis Scaffolding Ltd (2013) Derby Crown Court, June 7. Adis Scaffolding...
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Robert Spicer
Jun 6, 20134 min read
Young workers
Young workers and health and safety Factors known to contribute to the vulnerability of young workers are their inexperience, lack of...
Robert Spicer
Jun 3, 20131 min read
The envy of the world
In relation to the current storm of dissent over cuts to legal aid, we are repeatedly told that our legal system is the envy of the world...
Robert Spicer
May 29, 20132 min read
The pupillage disgrace
The English barristers’ profession guards the gates to its entry with barriers of steel. Aspiring barristers have, in general terms, to...
Robert Spicer
May 29, 20132 min read
Changes to employment law
Changes to employment law The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, which received the Royal Assent on April 25, has significantly...
Robert Spicer
May 12, 20132 min read
Crimewatch
Crimewatch:an exemplar of the spectacle of class justice The crimes presented in the Crimewatch television programme by glamorous...
Robert Spicer
May 10, 20131 min read
LAW – Robert’s New Book – Another Extract – EP Thompson On Class Justice
Law as a weapon of class conflict P. Thompson made the following points about English law in the historical context of class: The common...
Robert Spicer
May 4, 20133 min read
Health and safety under attack
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act, which received the Royal Assent on April 25, has significantly changed employees’ rights in...
Robert Spicer
Apr 27, 20132 min read
Legal aid
Legal aid Legal aid was conceived as a cornerstone of the welfare state. The current system was created by the Legal Aid etc Act 1949 as...
Robert Spicer
Apr 20, 20139 min read
Alternative practice
Alternative practice The practice of law in an alternative way attempts to address the fact that the poor are denied justice and to...
Robert Spicer
Apr 6, 20134 min read
Poverty and the Law
Examples of poor clients who have been denied justice Redundancy Practice as an employment lawyer currently involves an increasing number...
Robert Spicer
Mar 31, 20135 min read
Schools Liability For Independent Contractors
Woodland v Essex County Council: Supreme Court decision on liability of schools for swimming accidents The tragic consequences of...
Robert Spicer
Mar 31, 20132 min read
Shrewsbury pickets: 40th anniversary
Shrewsbury pickets In 1972, building workers held their first ever national strike for decent pay and health & safety at work. Five...
Robert Spicer
Mar 25, 20132 min read
Health and Safety: Extreme Example
Health and safety law is the Cinderella of the English legal system. It rarely features in law school syllabuses, iunder constant attack...
Robert Spicer
Mar 18, 20131 min read
Poverty and the Law
Poverty is not a legal issue. Poverty exists because wealth is unevenly distributed. The solution for dealing with poverty is the...
Robert Spicer
Mar 10, 20134 min read
Vicarious Liability
Vicarious liability: recent case law developments Vicarious liability means, in general terms in the context of employment, that an...
Robert Spicer
Mar 2, 20131 min read
Homelessness and the Law
The sight of vulnerable homeless people sitting on pavements begging is an affront to a society which allows huge payments to a tiny...
Robert Spicer
Feb 23, 20138 min read
Iraq War: UK case law
The Examples of UK cases connected with the Iraq War following selection of Iraq-War related cases aims to show the range of issues...
Robert Spicer
Feb 16, 20132 min read
Lawyer Jokes
Lawyer jokes (found on the Internet) • What is the difference between lawyers and sperm? There’s no difference: one in 50 million has a...
Robert Spicer
Feb 8, 20132 min read
Sexism and the Law
Sexism and the law Albie Sachs and Joan Hoff Wilson, Sexism and the Law:A study of male beliefs and judicial bias This book, published in...
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