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Munkman on Employer's Liability (15th edition)

Munkman on Employer's Liability (15th edition)

Author: Barry Cotter QC; Daniel Bennett
Publisher: LexisNexis U.K.
ISBN: 9781405743273
Published In: November 2009
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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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:

l New chapter on insurance to reflect the increasing importance of this area including the issue of recoverability under insurance policies

l Reinstatement of the chapter on shipping law, updated with the latest cases

l New material on injury caused by bacteria, viruses and fungi

l 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

l 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

l Inclusion of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007

l New cases on Vicarious Liability of employers for the actions of employees

l Significant development of the law relating to an employers duty to protect employees from assaults at work

l Full analysis of the first significant decisiion on liability for Noise Induced Hearing Loss for almost 20 years

l New decisions on Harassment at Work, notably Clark v CC of Essex and Deadman v Bristol CC

1. History of Employer's Liability Law;
2. General Principles of Negligence;
3. Causation, Apportionment and Contribution, Remoteness of Damage, Evidence and Liability without Negligence;
4. The Employer's Duty of Care;
5. Breach of Statutory Duty;
6. Contributory Negligence, Consent to the Risk of Injury and Unpaid Volunteers;
7. Liability of Third Parties to an Injured Employee;
8. The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974;
9. European Law;
10. The General Legislation: the Framework Directive, the Temporary Workers Directives, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations and Working Time;
11. Reporting and Enforcement;
12. Industrial Relations;
13. Employers' Liability Insurance;
14. Shipping Law;
15. Psychiatric Injury, Stress and Harassment;
16. Dust Diseases;
17. Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome;
18. Noise Induced Hearing Loss;
19. Work related musculoskeletal disorders;
20. Workplaces;
21. Construction Sites & Work at Height;
22. Equipment at Work;
23. Manual Handling;
24. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health;
25. Other substances and phenomena;
26. Shipbuilding, Yards and Docks;
27. Mines and Quarries;
28. Railways and trams;
29. Agriculture & Forestry;
30. Offshore Oil, Gas and Mineral Industries and Diving Operations;
31. Foreign Accidents and Ill-health abroad