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. T...
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 High Court has held a bank vicariously liable to claimants suing in respect of alleged sexual assaults by a doctor carrying out pre-empl...
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...
Asbestos-related disease, including mesothelioma: compensation Summary This page draws together some material on asbestos-related disease, including mesothelioma. Firstly as regards personal injury claim...
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...
Personal injury: Traumatic shock Key points: This page deals with personal injury claims for psychiatric injury through having been involved in or witnessed an accident. Occ...
Personal injury Introduction This page deals with civil claims for personal injury. There are separate pages on occupational stress and traumatic shock, and...
Personal injury claims and needlestick injuries Summary This page deals with civil claims for damages in respect of needlestick injuries. For criminal liability under the Health and Safety...
