Hide v The Steeplechase Co (Cheltenham) Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 545

Health And Safety At Work: Back to 1898

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Tim Trotman outlines the effect of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 on personal injury litigation ‘No diminution of a pre-existing national standard is permissible by the introduction of a national law intended to implement European health and safety directives.’ Where a breach occurred before 1 October 2013, regulations introduced under the Health and …

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Statutory Reform: Back to the future

Jason Cox reports on s69 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 ‘So far as it is possible to ascertain the government’s thinking behind s69 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, it appears to be part of an attempt to dismantle the so-called “compensation culture’”. More than 20 years after the introduction …

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Case Report: The Chief Constable of Hampshire Police v Taylor [2013] EWCA Civ 496

Employers’ liability; breach and causation; Personal Protective Equipment Regulations ‘This case illustrates the need to identify the statutory criteria as interpreted by the relevant authorities and focus evidence and arguments accordingly.’ This case provides a telling illustration of the stringency of the Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 1992 (the PPE Regulations) and the evidential difficulties a …

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