Conditional fees: the end of test cases in health and safety law?
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Legal aid will probably not be available for personal injury cases in the UK from summer 1998. The government is aiming to reduce state support for litigation through by replacing the legal aid system with Conditional Fee Agreements. Lawyers fear that this change concerning personal injury will impede access to compensation for lower wage earners. The legal aid scheme allowed people who had suffered personal injury with an identifiable cause, to go to court knowing that they would not suffer financial loss. It also encouraged lawyers to take on test cases which have had a vital legal role.
Publication Name: Health & Safety at Work
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0141-8246
Year: 1998
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Untangling the legal web; EC regulations concerning office safety
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Although offices are not considered to be as dangerous as industrial premises, they do have some hazards such as electrical equipment. Separate figures are not kept for office accidents but around 100 people die annually in the service sector which includes offices. New laws target offices as well as other industrial premises.
Publication Name: Health & Safety at Work
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0141-8246
Year: 1992
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Flexible working and the long-hours culture: a research review
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The research on the impact of working time on employee lives in United Kingdom and European Union member states is examined.
Publication Name: Equal Opportunities Review
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0268-7143
Year: 2005
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