Back Injury in UK Law

Leading Cases
  • Bailey v Rolls Royce (1971) Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 02 February 1984

    The second part requires one, as I think, to ask the question: Was the load so heavy as to be likely to cause injury to the particular person concerned? The reference to "him" at the end of the sub-section in my judgment clearly directs attention to the particular employee that one is considering at any particular time. In my opinion, one has to approach the construction of this sub-section, and the meaning of its provisions, giving the words used their ordinary and natural English meaning.

    Nevertheless, like Lord Justice May, I have been driven to the conclusion that Mr. Darlow is right in submitting that one must take the words of the sub-section simply as they stand.

    This construction of the phrase is, I think, one which not only accords with the natural meaning of the words according to ordinary English usage, but also with what may be presumed to have been the intention of Parliament. However, fortunately for them, as well as for their employers, the mere fact that a particular job may involve some lifting operations does not necessarily render them unemployable for such purposes.

  • D v East Berkshire Community NHS Trust and Another
    • House of Lords
    • 21 April 2005

    In my view the Court of Appeal reached the right conclusion on the issue arising in the present cases. Ultimately the factor which persuades me that, at common law, interference with family life does not justify according a suspected parent a higher level of protection than other suspected perpetrators is the factor conveniently labelled 'conflict of interest'. A doctor is obliged to act in the best interests of his patient.

  • White and Others v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police and Others
    • House of Lords
    • 03 December 1998

    It is true that there is no contract between police officers and a chief constable. But it would be artificial to rest a judgment on this point: the relationship between the police officers and the chief constable is closely analogous to a contract of employment. The rules to be applied when an employee brings an action against his employer for harm suffered at his workplace are the rules of tort.

  • Bourhill v Young
    • House of Lords
    • 05 August 1942

    The duty to take care is the duty to avoid doing or omitting to do anything the doing or omitting to do which may have as its reasonable and probable consequence injury to others and the duty is owed to those to whom injury may reasonably and probably be anticipated if the duty is not observed.

  • Alcock and Others v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police
    • House of Lords
    • 28 November 1991

    Beyond this, however, the law in general provides no remedy, however severe the consequences of the distress or grief may be to the health or well-being of the third party and however close his relationship to the victim.

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Legislation
  • The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011
    • England & Wales
    • Saturday January 01, 2011
    ... ... additional multiple injury lump sum means a benefit previously ... or partly) by travel from home to place of work or during travel back again. (2) ... ...
  • Civil Liability Act 2018
    • UK Non-devolved
    • Monday January 01, 2018
    ... ... An Act to make provision about whiplash claims and the personal injury discount rate. [20th December ... ” means an injury of soft tissue in the neck, back or shoulder that is of a description falling within subsection (2), but ... ...
  • Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
    • UK Non-devolved
    • Wednesday January 01, 1992
    ... ... otherwise requires injury does not include injury caused by any toxic or corrosive substance which ... the manual handling of loads where there is a risk particularly of back injury to workers ( OJ ... ...
  • Constables Protection Act 1750
    • UK Non-devolved
    • Thursday January 01, 1750
    ... ... hath or claimeth to have against such Justice of the Peace; on the Back of which Notice shall be indorsed the Name of such Attorney or Agent, ... , shall in open Court certify on the Back of the Record, that the Injury for which such Action was brought, was wilfully and maliciously committed, ... ...
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Books & Journal Articles
  • To hull and back: the Court of Appeal has decided that tribunals can award compensation for injury to feelings where an employee has suffered from the manner of an unfair dismissal.
    • No. 2004, November 2004
    • Financial Management (UK)
    • Nickson, Sue
    • Legal
    ...Unfair dismissal compensation under the Employment Rights Act 1996 should be "such amount as the tribunal considers just and equitable in all the circumstances having regard to the loss sustained by the complainant in consequence of the dismissal". T......
  • Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Workplace: Perceptions of Swedish Police
    • No. 14-4, December 2012
    • International Journal of Police Science and Management
    • 0000
    Swedish police officers experience an increased incidence of musculoskeletal injury, but little is known of the underlying cause. This paper explores police officers' own perceptions of the most co...
    ... ... 2012; accepted 12 August 2012Keywords: focus group, musculoskeletal injury, police, workplace injuryNerrolyn Ramstrandis an associate professorin the ... (2009) have linked an increased incid-ence of lower back pain to prolongedInternational Journal of Police Science & Management ... ...
  • Scalia's Legacy: Originalism and Change in the Law of Standing
    • No. 6-1, May 2017
    • British Journal of American Legal Studies
    • James E. Pfander
    • Owen L. Coon Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
    • 85-107
    Perhaps no single Justice fashioned as many changes to the law of standing as that most gifted originalist, Antonin Scalia. It was Justice Scalia who first deployed twentieth century standing rules...
    ... ... -party rule; who reconfigured informer litigation to preserve the injury-in-fact requirement; and who recently re-packaged the Court’s old ... to this important body of jurisdictional law and then step back to consider his legacy ... CONTENTS ... i. intrOductiOn ... ...
  • Schedule 3 to the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011 (SI 2011/517) (as amended)
    • Appendices
    • War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation. Law and Practice - 2nd Edition
    • Andrew Bano
    • 311-351
    ... ... Item Column (a) Column (b) ... Level Description of injury and its effects (“descriptor”) ... 1 4 Burns, with partial, ... in this Table, the term “torso” means any part of the chest, back or abdomen including pelvis and perineum. (*) When applied to any ... ...
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Forms
  • Form COP44A
    • HM Courts & Tribunals Service court and tribunal forms
    Court of Protection forms including the COP1 application to make decisions on someone's behalf.
    ... ... You can apply to get some, or all of the fee back within three months of the final ... order being issued by the Court of ... • unfair dismissal awards ... • money from the criminal injury compensation scheme ... • medical negligence or personal injury awards ... ...
  • Form EX160
    • HM Courts & Tribunals Service court and tribunal forms
    Fees forms, including the EX160 form to apply for help with court and tribunal fees.
    ... ... You can apply to get some or all of your ... money back if: ... ● you paid the fee in the last 3 months ... ● you met the ... Money you are paid for losing something, suffering, or injury ... Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) ... The part of the UK ... ...
  • T423)
    • HM Courts & Tribunals Service court and tribunal forms
    Includes the refund form for claimants.
    ... ... , including age, earnings, and for cases involving discrimination, injury to ... feelings. Awards for injury to feelings will be based on existing ... Details can be found on the back page of this publication ... Please note: a copy of the claim form or ... ...
  • Form SSCS3
    • HM Courts & Tribunals Service court and tribunal forms
    Social security and child support forms, including notices of appeal to the Department of Work and Pensions, HM Revenue and Customs and the NHS Business Services Authority.
    ... ... accident, injury or disease ... Benefits are listed which have not been paid and are not ... not give reasons why your appeal is late your appeal form may be sent back to you. Please tell us ... below why your appeal is late. You do not need ... ...
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