Health & Safety

Articles

19 May 2009

Update: health and safety

Zahra Nanji considers the implications of the first charge under the Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007 on health and safety prosecutions, and warns employers that the courts put a high duty on them to protect their employees from risk of injury

19 May 2009

A rich man's world?

The offshore world has a reputation of being exclusively for wealthy tax payers, but in reality many jurisdictions offer 'ordinary' people the chance to ensure their future financial security, say Dawn Tindall and Jonathan Carter

5 May 2009

An end to estimates?

The current system of costs estimates is not providing clients with the certainty they need, and is likely to become tougher, warns Howard Dean

21 Apr 2009

Wound up

With stress at work claims on the rise, practitioners need to consider the preparatory work required to win them, says David Marshall

7 Apr 2009

New season, new HIPs

New HIP regulations, combined with important changes in local authority and personal search charges, are set to make this a seismic spring of change, says Andrew Lloyd

7 Apr 2009

The promised land

The House of Lords' ruling in Thorner provides a welcome return to orthodoxy in relation to proprietary estoppel, says Mark Pawlowski

10 Mar 2009

Update: police and criminal evidence

Robert Buckland reviews a recent case on confiscation of the proceeds of crime, some of the less discussed parts of the new Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 and the most recent changes to the PACE Codes of Practice

24 Feb 2009

One for all

The new generic pre-action practice direction will focus attention on compliance while reducing the need for further protocols, says DJ Robert Jordan