Robert Spicer
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Chapter 1 looks at money. It puts forward the argument that money is the key which unlocks the meaning of English law. It discusses the...
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Robert Spicer
Oct 21, 20122 min read
Employment Tribunal Statistics
Last month, the Ministry of Justice has released statistics from the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal, covering the...
Robert Spicer
Oct 7, 20121 min read
New Chambers Publication
Robert Spicer’s new book – LAW – has now been published in electronic form on the Amazon Kindle store. The book aims, in general, to set...
Robert Spicer
Sep 30, 20121 min read
Health and Safety Prosecution
Death of steelworker: £500,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Tata Steels UK Ltd (2012) Swansea Crown Court, August 3. Tata Steels UK...
Robert Spicer
Sep 20, 20122 min read
The Mythical Art of the Advocate
The Mythical Art of Advocacy My own view is that the “Art of Advocacy” is essentially mythical. The reality is that, so far as civil...
Robert Spicer
Sep 13, 20121 min read
Care Home Death Prosecution
Death in care home: £160,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v New Century Care Ltd (2012) Leeds Crown Court, September 10. New Century...
Robert Spicer
Sep 10, 20124 min read
Bovine TB and the Badger Cull
Later today (11th September 2012), a rally will be held at College Green, Bristol against the planned badger cull. With Queen guitarist,...
Robert Spicer
Sep 5, 20122 min read
Bristol Health and Safety Prosecution
Bristol health and safety prosecution: £12,700 fine Health and Safety Executive v Clear Channel UK Ltd (2012) Bristol magistrates’ court,...
Robert Spicer
Aug 27, 20121 min read
Unfair dismissal
The law of unfair dismissal in the United Kingdom operates, essentially, to protect employees from being dismissed for no good reason....
Robert Spicer
Aug 15, 20121 min read
Corporate manslaughter prosecution
R v Lion Steel Equipment Ltd (2012) Manchester Crown Court, July 20 In May 2008 Steven Berry, an employee of Lion Steel, a company which...
Robert Spicer
Aug 8, 20121 min read
Health and safety in a war context
Comparative health and safety in a war context Reports of health and safety prosecutions cover, with depressing regularity, incidents...
Robert Spicer
Aug 2, 20125 min read
Legal Latin
Customs and Excise Commissioners v Polok and Another (2002) P and others ran an escort agency. The Customs and Excise Commissioners...
Robert Spicer
Jul 27, 20128 min read
Poverty and the denial of justice
Examples of poor clients who have been denied justice Redundancy Practice as an employment lawyer currently involves an increasing number...
Robert Spicer
Jul 19, 20124 min read
Class Justice - Part 2
Class justice means, essentially, that the principles of justice operate inequitably in favour of one class of people in relation to...
Robert Spicer
Jul 12, 20122 min read
Class Justice
Crimewatch:an exemplar of the spectacle of class justice The crimes presented in the Crimewatch television programme by glamorous...
Robert Spicer
Jul 6, 20126 min read
Recent Health and Safety Prosecutions July 2012
Fatal head injuries: £200,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v SITA UK Ltd (2012) Wolverhampton Crown Court, June SITA UK Ltd, a...
Robert Spicer
Jun 28, 20121 min read
Cuba
The following aspects of legal practice in Cuba have been reported: After the revolution, the prestige of lawyers declined and many left...
Robert Spicer
Jun 21, 20123 min read
Recent Health and Safety Prosecutions June 2012
Severed hand: £100,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Lisec (UK and Ireland) Ltd (2012) Teesside Crown Court, May 29 Lisec (UK and...
Robert Spicer
Jun 17, 20124 min read
Human Rights
Human Rights Act 1998 The Human Rights Act 1998 incorporated the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law in the...
Robert Spicer
Jun 10, 20125 min read
Corporate Manslaughter
Second conviction since 2008 JMW Farms Limited, a Northern Irish farming company, has been fined following its conviction for corporate...
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