Duty to assess manual handling is almost unqualified
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Swain v Denso Marston Ltd [2000] ICR 1079 CA (0 other reports)
In Swain v Denso Marston Ltd, the Court of Appeal rules that reg. 4 of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 imposes an almost unqualified duty on employers to assess and reduce the risk of, and provide employees with information about, handling operations.