When hard work does hurt
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Employers legally have a duty of care to ensure their employees have a safe working environment, with this duty extending to the employees' psychiatric well-being. The judgment in the case of Walker v Northumberland County Council illustrates the legal protection provided for building industry employees seeking damages for nervous breakdowns caused by job stress. The court held the employer had no responsibility for Walker's first job stress-related nervous breakdown but should have taken reasonable measures to prevent the second nervous breakdown on his subsequent return to work.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1995
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More than you bargained for
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Quantity surveyors and project managers involved in construction projects may face legal action on an increasing scale following a decision by the UK Court of Appeal. This case involved Eagle Star Insurance Co and Banque Bruxelles Lambert. An office block was overvalued and the owner could not repay a loan after the UK market for real estate had collapsed. All losses resulting from this transaction could be recovered, according to the decision, and this includes losses resulting from a drop in property prices.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1995
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Patients are a virtue
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Kingston Hospital, West London, Surrey, England, has opened two new wings which have been designed bearing in mind the needs of patients. Kingston has opened a new maternity unit and a wing for day surgery. The maternity unit has 38 beds and a ward to provide care for premature infants. Mothers can check into bedrooms where they give birth, and only special cases need to be dealth with in an operating theater. Homecare after the birth is integarted with the birth process.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1995
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