Munkman on Employer's Liability

Daniel Bennett

• 30 september 2013
• 9781405781534

Samenvatting:

Munkman is the leading authority and the most comprehensive and analytical text in its field. It is the ideal companion to Redgrave's Health and Safety . Now in its 15th edition, Munkman has been brought fully up-to-date and takes into account such recent changes as the emerging areas of personal injury and stress. Other changes include: New chapter on insurance to reflect the increasing importance of this area including the issue of recoverability under insurance policies; Reinstatement of the chapter on shipping law, updated with the latest cases; New material on injury caused by bacteria, viruses and fungi; Significant rewriting of the Work Equipment chapter to include the recent House of Lords decision in Robb v Salamis on the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) and a number of other cases; and, Overhaul of the asbestos and causation chapters to take account of the continuing pace of asbestos litigation including the groundbreaking decision in Rothwell v CICL. Other changes also include: Inclusion of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007* New cases on vicarious liability of employers for the actions of employees; Significant development of the law relating to an employer's duty to protect employees from assaults at work; Full analysis of the first significant decision on liability for noise induced hearing loss for almost 20 years; and, New decisions on harassment at work, notably Clark v CC of Essex and Deadman v Bristol CC.