Safety Hazards in UK Law
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Glasgow Corporation v Muir
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The Court must be careful to place itself in the position of the person charged with the duty and to consider what he or she should have reasonably anticipated as a natural and probable consequence of neglect, and not to give undue weight to the fact that a distressing accident has happened, or that witnesses, in the witness box, are prone to express regret, ex post facto, that they did not take some step, which it is now realised would definitely have prevented the accident.
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Odeon Associated Theatres Ltd v Jones
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Where, however, there is evidence which is accepted by the court as establishing a sound commercial accounting practice conflicting with no statute, that normally is the end of the matter. The court adopts the practice, applies it and decides the case accordingly.
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R v Thomas
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At the top of the scale of course, come the carefully planned abductions where the victim is used as a hostage or where ransom money is demanded. Such offences will seldom be met with less than eight years' imprisonment or thereabouts. Where violence or firearms are used, or there are other exacerbating features such as detention of the victim over a long period of time, then the proper sentence will be very much longer than that.
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Nili Sternbaum v Bal Binder Dhesi
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The photographs show a staircase of a kind that one might find in hundreds of old buildings across the country. It looks very much like one of the examples given by Laws LJ in Alker of a hazard that is not in a state of disrepair, namely "a very steep stairway with no railings". Given the narrowness of the tread and the steepness of the flight of steps, particularly where it turns the corner, I have little doubt that, without a handrail, it was a hazard.
- The Bunk Beds (Entrapment Hazards) (Safety) Regulations1987
- Bunk Beds (Entrapment Hazards) (Safety) Regulations 1987
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Housing Act 2004
......category 2 hazards on residential premises (see section 2), and. . . (b) replaces the ... . ‘hazard’ means any risk of harm to the health or safety of an. actual or potential occupier of a dwelling or HMO which arises from ......
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Radiological Protection Act 1970
......, with functions concerning the protection of people from radiation hazards; and for connected purposes. . [29th May 1970] . . Be it enacted by the ...of radiation hazards on health and safety and heretofore. carried on by that Authority as may be specified in the. ......
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The architecture of employee attitudes to safety in the manufacturing sector
This study examines the relationships between components of organisational safety climate, including: employee attitudes to organisational and individual safety issues; perceptions of the physical .........: employee attitudes to organisational and individual safety issues; perceptionsof the physical work environment and perceptions of workplace hazards; and relates these to self-reported levels of safety activity. It also attempts to replicate the explicative model derived byCheyne et al. in a ......
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Moving from contractor to owner operator: impact on safety culture – a case study
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether a change in staffing contractual arrangements, specific training in hazard identification, mentoring of supervisors and the introduction......... roles, actively monitoring their crews to ensurethey worked in a safer manner than before, and staff were actively addressing work-place hazards.With the safety system in place the organisation should be deemed compliant and diligent by the stateauditing authorities. This study has also shown ......
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Mexican journalists and journalists covering war: a comparison of psychological wellbeing
Purpose: War journalists confront many dangers, leaving them at risk for mental health problems. They are, however, able to take breaks from the hazards of frontline work by periodically leaving co.........Theyare, however,able to take breaks from the hazards of frontline work by periodically leaving conflict zonesfor the safety of ......
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Dangers of workplace bullying: evidence from the Caribbean
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine whether person-related bullying, work-related bullying, and physically intimidating bullying predict three forms of job strain: physical exhaustion,.........Third, it would beof good practical value to establish health and safety committees to identify, assess and tackle variouspsychosocial and other ... the responsibilities of liaising with workers on health and safety hazards relatedto workplace bullying and other psychosocial stressors, developing ......
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UK HR Two Minute Monthly: COVID-19 automatic unfair dismissal, re-engagement orders, direct sex discrimination and hybrid working
Our May 2021 update considers key employment law developments from April. It includes recent cases on automatic unfair dismissal in the context of serious and imminent danger arising out of COVID-1......... claimed automatic unfair dismissal relying on the health and safety provisions in section 100(1) (d) and (e) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 ......
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'H' Is For HACCP and GHP, And Their Application In The Food & Drink Industry
...Food safety is of primary concern to the food industry and the appropriate ... identify any hazards that must be prevented eliminated or reduced identify the critical ......
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FDA sends warning letters to companies in New Jersey, California, and the UK
As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months a......... product that they produce to determine whether there are food safety hazards that are reasonably likely to occur and have a HACCP plan that, at ......
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Draft CDM 2015 And Related Guidance
...... phase appointed to plan, manage, monitor and co-ordinate health and safety during that phase. Clients have a number of extra duties:. Appointing a ... pre-construction information, including health and safety hazards, to every designer and contractor appointed or considered for appointment. ......
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Chapter HCOTEG11050
...... Work in connection with oil is likely to present a variety of safety hazards. Those hazards may be continuous or intermittent, general or ......
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Chapter HCOTEG11150
...... oil premises, all officers are familiar with the possible hazards to safety on those premises. You must comply with all reasonable safety ......
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Chapter HCOS4825
......Top of page. Laundering and illegal biofuel plants. Health and Safety. Work in connection with oil is likely to present a variety of safety rds. Those hazards may be continuous or intermittent, general or localised and their nature ......
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Chapter AGL2630
......Ask if there are any particular requirements about specific local hazards or safety equipment; this should be recorded in the business’s folder. ......