Citations: [2003] EWHC 2934 (QB) Links: Bailii Statutes: Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Health and Safety Updated: 04 November 2022; Ref: scu.188748
Appeal from prohibition notices. Judges: John Howell QC Citations: [2021] EWHC 371 (Admin) Links: Bailii Statutes: Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 22 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Health and Safety Updated: 27 August 2022; Ref: scu.658889
The defendants did not warn a contractor’s workmen of the risk of fire from an oxygen-enriched atmosphere. As a result, one of them accidentally started a fire in which eight employees died. Held: The employers were convicted under section 2(1). The duty under that section includes an obligation to take such steps as are reasonably … Continue reading Regina v Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd: CA 1982
The Commission sought a declaration that, by restricting the duty of employers to care for the health and safety of their employees ‘so far as reasonably practicable’, the United Kingdom had failed to fulfil its obligations under article 5(1) and (4) of Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to … Continue reading Commission v United Kingdom (Social Policy): ECJ 18 Jan 2007
Citations: [2003] EWHC 2934 (Admin) Links: Bailii Statutes: Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Administrative, Health and Safety Updated: 19 July 2022; Ref: scu.191225
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