Health and Safety Enforcement: Law and Practice, 3rd Edition

• Provides a comprehensive and practical guide to health and safety enforcement
• Fully revised and updated to include coverage of the Chargot judgment, the Health and Safety Offences Act 2008, the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, new Sentencing Guidelines, and changes to the constitution of the Health and Safety Executive and the Health and Safety Commission
• Written by two leading specialist practitioners, guaranteeing unique practical insight into this complex and growing area
• Includes meticulous analysis of recent case law, and the implications of decisions made

New to this edition

• This new edition has been fully updated and contains coverage of the Chargot judgment, the Health and Safety Offences Act 2008, the Coroners and Justice Bill 2009, new Sentencing Guidelines, and changes to the constitution of the Health and Safety Executive and the Health and Safety Commission

Health and Safety Enforcement: Law and Practice has become the standard text for practitioners in this growing area of the law, providing an authoritative guide to the key issues in health and safety enforcement in a practical manner. This third edition provides comprehensive coverage of health and safety inspectors' enforcement powers; the service and appeal of improvement and prohibition notices; the law relating to health and safety offences; work-related death investigations; the Coroner's procedure; and criminal procedure and sentencing in respect of health and safety offences. It also includes relevant extracts from the key statutes, the Enforcement Policy Statement, and the most important Health and Safety Regulations.

Comprehensively and meticulously updated, this edition includes coverage of the Chargot judgment, the Health and Safety Offences Act 2008, the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, new Sentencing Guidelines, and changes to the constitution of the Health and Safety Executive and the Health and Safety Commission. It has also been scrupulously updated to include all recent case law, including consideration of the practical implications of decisions made.

Readership: Primary market: barristers and solicitors specializing in health and safety law, or dealing with health and safety law as part of a wider regulatory or regulatory crime practice. Secondary market: Health and Safety Executive officers and inspectors.