Health surveillance: Screening to protect the employee Summary There are a number of statutory regulations that impose an obligation on the employer to undertake regular screening or health surve...
Vicarious liability in negligence claims Summary An employer is vicariously liable for the acts of an employee where those acts are ‘sufficiently closely connected’ to h...
Indemnity for OH professionals Indemnity for OH professionals All registered healthcare professionals in the UK must have an insurance or indemnity arrangement in place in...
Vicarious liability for independent contractors providing OH Diana Kloss looks at implications of a Court of Appeal decision holding an employer, Barclays Bank, liable for actions of a GP providing pre...
OH practitioner’s duty of care in civil law Summary Civil liability for negligence is discussed generally on the Personal injury page, the present page focuses mainly on the OH practit...
Employer’s vicarious liability for doctor conducting health check The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision that a bank was vicariously liable to claimants suing in respect of alleged sexual assaults by a d...
Platinum sensitisation held to be actionable injury The Supreme Court has held that asymptomatic platinum sensitisation can form the basis of an action in negligence, unlike pleural plaques ca...
Criminal liability of OH practitioners Introduction Nearly all criminal prosecutions are brought against employers. However, there are some cases where an OH professional may be p...
Is the worker fit to attend? Summary In an increasing number of cases, employees accused of misconduct go absent with stress, and submit that they are too unwell to atte...
Only partial damages for asbestos-related lung cancer Employers contributing asbestos fibres were held liable, but not jointly and severally for the whole amount of damages since the Compensatio...
