Taylor v Chief Constable of Hampshire Police [2013] EWCA Civ 496; [2013] WLR (D) 171
“The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 were engaged with respect to risks from sharp edges in a claim for damages for personal injury once such a risk was shown to be more than de minimis, and the employer had to provide suitable equipment to protect against that risk unless working methods could provide equal or more effective protection.”
WLR Daily, 9th May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The Government is to remove the Employment Tribunal’s power to make recommendations to employers that go beyond the specifics of a particular discrimination claim, it has announced.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th May 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Taxpayers were last night facing a legal bill of at least £100,000 after a long-standing compensation row involving a female police officer who cut her thumb while on duty.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A government scheme designed to speed payments to mesothelioma sufferers could leave them thousands of pounds out of pocket and will not help other asbestos victims, according to claimant personal injury lawyers.”
Litigation Futures, 9th May 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“A new law intended to ensure insurance firms pay compensation when employers’ paperwork is lost will apply only to some cancer sufferers, and they will get less than expected.”
The Independent, 5th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Lord Justice Goldring says hearing should be held near where bereaved families live, but not too close to Liverpool.”
The Guardian, 2nd May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A horsewoman who appeared in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee pageant exaggerated
injuries she suffered in a fall to try to win a big compensation pay-out, a
court heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The House of Lords has approved Government plans to prevent companies from being
automatically liable for some workplace injuries after a second vote on the
issue.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th April 2013
Soure: www.out-law.com
“Police officers on duty at Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough football ground when 96 Liverpool supporters died in 1989 will refuse to give evidence to the new inquest into the disaster, their barristers have said at a pre-inquest hearing.”
The Guardian, 25th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Christians are to launch a landmark legal case arguing their religion is being treated as a ‘thought crime’ by government and courts.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A criminal investigation has begun into the death of a diabetic woman at scandal-hit Stafford Hospital, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has said.”
The Guardian, 12th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Nearly £700,000 has been paid out in compensation to pupils by Kent County Council following accidents in schools over the past five years.”
BBC News, 6th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Anger over delays that will see bereaved families have to wait more than two years for investigations into Hillsborough to be concluded have prompted campaigners to abandon a meeting with the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) planned this week.”
The Independent, 31st March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A hearing to decide the date and location of a fresh inquest into the deaths of the 96 Hillsborough victims will take place next month.”
BBC News, 22nd March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Brumder v Motornet Service and Repairs Ltd and another [2013] EWCA Civ 195; [2013] WLR (D) 102
“In a personal injury claim, it did not lie in the mouth of a claimant who was a defendant company’s sole director and shareholder to assert that the company had not proved that it had done all it could to ensure compliance with safety regulations when it was only through the claimant that the company could act. In such a case the company would be entitled to raise a defence to that effect.”
WLR Daily, 14th March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A man who suffered a brain injury after tripping in a pothole has won an
estimated an estimated £1 million in damages.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A soldier was unlawfully killed when he was hit in the head by a machine-gun bullet as he rested in a supposedly safe area next to a firing range, an inquest jury has ruled.”
The Guardian, 13th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three transport companies have been fined £300,000 after a runaway train came
within 2,000ft (600m) of crashing into a packed tube train.”
BBC News, 28th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lord Justice Goldring has been appointed by the Coroners for the South Yorkshire (East) and the West Yorkshire (West) Districts as an Assistant Deputy Coroner for the purpose of conducting the inquests into the deaths of the 96 people in the Hillsborough disaster.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 13th February 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“A sweep who did not remove a bird’s nest blocking a chimney flue has been fined £5,000 over the death of an ex-miner from carbon monoxide poisoning.”
BBC News, 11th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
