All items: Risk assessments

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  Hawkes v London Borough of Southwark 20 February 1998 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Court of Appeal rules on manual handling

    Date:

    1 September 1998

    Hawkes v London Borough of Southwark is the first manual handling injury claim to be decided in the Court of Appeal following the introduction of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (MHO). The case shows how the Court of Appeal has interpreted an employer's duty to reduce the risk of manual handling operations as far as reasonably practicable.

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  Heeremac VOF v Munro 1999 SLT 492 HC (1 report relating to this case)

  • HSE must detail risk assessment defects in charges

    Date:

    1 June 1999

    In Heeremac VOF v Munro, a Scottish criminal appeal court holds that an accused company is entitled to be told of specific details of alleged deficiencies in its risk assessment.

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  Howletts & Port Lympne Estates Ltd v Langridge HS/32450/95 IT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Tribunal allows keepers to continue taking avoidable risks in tiger cage

    Date:

    1 August 1996

    In Howletts & Port Lympne Estates Ltd v Langridge, an industrial tribunal substantially amends a HSW Act prohibition notice on the grounds that preventing employees' exposure to a specific hazard, although possible, was not "reasonably practicable" because it prevented the continued use of a practice considered essential to the business.

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  Johnson v Raymond Kauffman [2000] ET/1803305/99 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Failure to carry out risk assessment

    Date:

    1 December 2000

    A hairdresser subjected a pregnant hair stylist to a detriment by failing to carry out a risk assessment in respect of women of childbearing age, a Hull employment tribunal (Chair: D R Sneath) has found in Johnson v Raymond Kauffman.

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  Karen Bilton v Fastnet Highlands Ltd 22 July 1997 CS (1 report relating to this case)

  • Substance need not be named to fall under COSHH

    Date:

    1 May 1999

    In Karen Bilton v Fastnet Highlands Ltd, the Scottish Court of Session holds that a fish processor who developed occupational asthma can pursue a claim for compensation against her employer under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1988 (COSHH), even though the substance is not specified by COSHH.

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  Koonjul v Thameslink Healthcare Services 28 March 2000 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Court of Appeal applies realism to manual handling

    Date:

    1 October 2000

    In Koonjul v Thameslink Healthcare Services, the Court of Appeal dismisses a claim under the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992, in part because the "everyday" nature of the task which caused the injury made it unrealistic to require a risk assessment.

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  McFarlane and another v easyJet Airline Company Ltd ET/1401496/2015 & ET/3401933/2015 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Breastfeeding: easyJet's flexible working policy leads to £35,000 award

    Date:

    6 December 2016

    In this well-publicised case, easyJet's refusal to limit the shift lengths of two cabin crew who were breastfeeding led to awards for indirect sex discrimination totalling almost £35,000.

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  New Southern Railway Ltd v Quinn [2006] IRLR 266 EAT (3 reports relating to this case)

  • Health and safety/maternity rights: 'Avoiding risk' to new and expectant mothers

    Date:

    7 July 2006

    In New Southern Railway Ltd v Quinn [2006] IRLR 606 EAT, the Employment Appeal Tribunal holds that an employer's duty to take steps to "avoid" risk to a pregnant woman means that the risk should be reduced to its lowest acceptable level - not that it must be removed completely.

  • Case round-up: Management of risks for pregnant employees

    Date:

    14 March 2006

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering the management of risks for pregnant employees.

  • Case round-up

    Date:

    1 February 2006

    Bess Sturman and Richard Port of Addleshaw Goddard outline the latest legal rulings and explain what you need to know to avoid tribunals.

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  O'Neill v Buckinghamshire County Council [2010] IRLR 384 EAT (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Pregnancy risk assessments are triggered by potential for harm

    Date:

    1 March 2010

    A recent appeal judgment clarifies when an employer should assess the risks for a pregnant worker, reports Howard Fidderman

  • O'Neill v Buckinghamshire County Council

    Date:

    12 January 2010

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld an employment tribunal finding that the employer had not failed to carry out a risk assessment on the basis that the requirement to carry out an assessment did not apply to the employee's work. There is no general obligation to carry out a risk assessment on pregnant employees so that a failure to do so amounts to discrimination per se. The obligation to carry out a risk assessment is triggered only in certain circumstances.

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  Ogden v Airedale Health Authority [1996] 7 Med LR 153 HC (1 report relating to this case)

  • Health authority failed to protect radiographer from X-ray fumes

    Date:

    1 April 1996

    In Ogden v Airedale Health Authority, the High Court finds a health authority negligent after it failed to protect a radiographer from harmful fumes emitted by X-ray chemicals.