| 1 | Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007: a ... This quick guide provides a brief summary of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007. For a more detailed analysis of the Act, see Practice note, Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007. This is one of a series of quick guides, see Quick guides. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Health and safety toolkit A toolkit to guide users through PLC's UK, EU and US content on health and safety issues. It includes materials on directors' health and safety reponsibilities and liabilities, health and safety in the public sector and health and safety issues in the workplace. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | London 2012 Olympic Games toolkit A toolkit to guide users through PLC content that may be useful in the context of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The toolkit includes materials that will be helpful for businesses involved in the Olympics in a commercial capacity and those that have sites in London that are likely to be affected during the course of the Olympics. | Practice note: overview | 02-Jul-2012 |
| 4 | Overview of directors' health and safety responsibilities An overview of the law on health and safety obligations in England and Wales which outlines when a director can be held liable for health and safety failures, recent developments in health and safety policy and how these affect directors' and senior managers' liabilities. The note also considers the practical steps which can help directors and their companies to comply with their legal duties. | Practice note: overview | 24-Nov-2010 |
| 5 | Approved Codes of Practice: Special status in health and ... A note summarising the special status of an Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) in health and safety law. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Buncefield explosion A note on the explosion and fire that occurred in December 2005 at the Buncefield oil storage depot in Hertfordshire, including details of the civil and criminal trials and the changes to the COMAH and planning regimes in response to the incident. | Practice notes | 26-Jun-2012 |
| 7 | Business interruption: pandemics and other civil emergencies A practice note giving organisations an overview of some of the legal and practical issues arising from the threat of disruption by pandemic influenza and other civil emergencies. Practical Law is grateful to Alexis Roberts, a partner in the Insurance & Reinsurance Group of Pinsent Masons LLP, for his assistance with aspects of this note. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | CDM 2007: Transactions Issues A note considering the effect of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/320) (CDM 2007) on a lease or licence for alterations, a sale contract and a development agreement. The note also considers practical aspects of the health and safety file required by the CDM 2007. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Complying with the tower crane register A note that explains the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) tower crane register. Note that the Notification of Conventional Tower Cranes Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/333) were revoked with effect from 6 April 2013. | Practice notes | 06-Apr-2013 |
| 10 | Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 ... The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/320) (CDM 2007) are a key piece of health and safety legislation affecting construction and engineering projects and property development. It is important to understand the CDM 2007. They have very wide application and criminal sanctions apply to a breach of the CDM 2007, through the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. There may also be liability under the civil law. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Control of Asbestos This note explains the duties imposed on people who have either obligations under contracts or tenancies to maintain or repair non-domestic property, or control over non-domestic premises or over access to non-domestic property. From 6 April 2012 these duties are imposed by the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. The duties affect freehold owners, landlords, tenants and, in certain circumstances, licensees and managing agents. Non-domestic premises can include areas of what normally would be regarded as residential property. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 This note provides a summary of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007. The Act received Royal Assent on 26 July 2007 and is in force from 6 April 2008 (with the exception of the provisions relating to deaths in custody). The Act applies to the whole of the UK. Broadly, under the Act, an organisation (which includes most employers) is guilty of an offence if the way in which its activities are managed or organised (by its senior management) causes a person's death and this amounts to a gross breach of a relevant duty of care owed by the organisation to the deceased. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008 A note on the Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008, which increases the maximum penalties for health and safety offences under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | How are health and safety offences prosecuted? A practice note on the prosecution of health and safety offences in Great Britain, focusing on practice in England and Wales. The note explains the types of health and safety offences, who prosecutes the offences and when a prosecution may be brought. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 15 | How are health and safety offences sentenced in England and ... A note on the sentencing of health and safety law in England and Wales. The note considers sentencing for health and safety breaches and also sentencing for corporate manslaughter under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007. It refers to the factors a court takes into consideration when sentencing and general principles of sentencing. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 16 | Magistrates' courts: bail A note on the bail procedure in the magistrates' courts. It covers the bail application procedure and the statutory exceptions to the right to bail. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 17 | Magistrates' courts: jurisdiction and overview This note provides an overview of magistrates' courts and their jurisdiction. It also considers how magistrates are appointed, where magistrates' courts should be located and the various matters that magistrates will deal with within their criminal and civil jurisdictions. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 18 | Magistrates' courts: key stages in a trial This note covers the key stages in a trial in the magistrates' court. It includes an overview of the plea before venue procedure, mode of trial procedure for either-way offences and also covers committal proceedings and case management. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 19 | Magistrates' courts: pre-trial procedure and practice A note on pre-trial procedure and practice in the magistrates' courts. The note also deals with potential case management issues and the key stages in a prosecution. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 20 | Magistrates' courts: sentencing and appeals This note covers sentencing and appeals from the magistrates' court. It also deals with the current sentencing guidelines and sentencing options. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 21 | Preventing health and safety issues This note provides a summary of the business costs of health and safety risks and an overview of the various EU directives that impact on the health and safety environment. | Practice notes | 15-May-2013 |
| 22 | Reforming the UK's health and safety laws A note explaining the recommendations in Lord Young of Graffham's report, Common Sense, Common Safety, on reform of the UK's health and safety laws, along with details of the subsequent steps taken to implement those recommendations. Those steps include the government's March 2011 report, Good Health and Safety, Good for Everyone, its Common Sense, Common Safety progress reports (published in March, July and October 2011), the Red Tape Challenge, the independent review of health and safety law carried out by Professor Löfstedt, and the government's response to that review. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 23 | Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 A practice note on the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and, in particular, the duties imposed on property owners and occupiers. PLC Property training materials on the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 are also available. See Training: Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 24 | Smoke-free premises This practice note looks at the legislation requiring enclosed public places and workplaces in England and Wales to be smoke-free. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 25 | Smoke-free workplaces: implications for employers A practice note providing guidance to employers on the Health Act 2006 which requires workplaces to be smoke-free. The note deals with employment issues arising from an employer's implementation of the ban, such as formulating a no-smoking policy, dealing with smoking breaks, and disciplining employees who breach the ban. A detailed overview of the regulatory framework requiring enclosed and substantially enclosed public premises and workplaces to be smokefree and requiring landlords to display no-smoking signs is provided in PLC Property, Practice note, Smoke-free premises. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 26 | Stress in the workplace A note outlining the legal framework surrounding employer's liability for stress in the workplace. The note also provides practical suggestions on identifying unacceptable levels of stress and guidance for employers on how to manage this growing problem. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 27 | Who enforces health and safety law in England, Wales and ... A note on the enforcement of health and safety law in England, Wales and Scotland. | Practice notes | Maintained |