Category: Duty of Care

The consequences of injuries sustained whilst working with dangerous chemicals

Post author By Tim Bishop
Post date January 10, 2014
Categories In Accidents at Work, Breach of Duty of Care, Duty of Care, Personal Injury

The medical consequences of being injured by a dangerous chemical can be extremely serious. The hazard a chemical presents depends on its properties; if it is flammable or corrosive, contact could be result in burns injuries, explosive chemicals could cause injury and damage over a considerable area, whilst poisonous or radio-active chemicals might cause local […]

Health and safety in the workplace – a brief introduction

Under the law of England and Wales employers have obligations to their employees to take reasonable steps to prevent any physical or mental harm coming to them in the workplace. These obligations are both statutory and common law in nature. We’re going to have a brief look at these obligations in this post by examining […]

Welcome to TortBlawg: A Law Blog on Tort Law across the World

Post author By accidentclaimsblawg
Post date May 26, 2012
Categories In Breach of Duty of Care, Causation, Class actions, Damages, Defences, Delict, Duty of Care, Economic Torts, Intentional Torts, Medical negligence, Negligence, Tort Law, Tort Law in the US, Vicarious Liability

Welcome to TortBlawg: Tort Law 2.0 Following on from the continued success of PersonalInjuryClaimsBlawg in helping to share legal information and news regarding personal injury law, we are pleased to announce the arrival of TortBlawg. This law blog, otherwise known as a “blawg”, is designed to contribute to tort law from around the globe, with […]