Overview
Join APIL Secretary and Law Society Vice President Brett Dixon for an essential introduction to this increasingly important and complex area of law.
Updated with new case law, the course is delivered over six webinars to give more members flexible access to the content and materials.
Learning Objectives
By attending all sessions, you will:
- Understand the principles of negligence that drive successful claims
- Identify employment relationships and use them effectively in your case strategy
- Use risk assessment to structure arguments, identify foreseeable harm, and highlight missing control measures
- Grasp the role of causation in risk-based arguments
- Apply post-Enterprise Act health and safety regulations
- Explore the latest cases shaping the court’s approach
- Recognise why regulations still matter and how they define the standard of care
- Counter common defendant arguments
The Regulations
You’ll also cover practical application of key regulations, including:
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
- Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992
- Workplace Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations 1992
- Display Screen Equipment Regulations 1992
Plus, a detailed look at vicarious liability, the quasi-employment test, the close-connection test, common pitfalls, and how to identify a separate enterprise or business.
This series is simply, not to be missed!
Vice President, Law Society
Brett is a consultant solicitor with higher rights of audience for all civil proceedings. His specialism is civil procedure with a specific interest in digital change. He also provides training and consultancy services in relation to personal injury, technology and practice development.
He is also the Deputy Vice President Elect of the Law Society of England & Wales. He has been the president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers on two occasions. He is a senior fellow of APIL and chair of the Senior Fellow Appointments Committee. He is involved in decisions in relation to interventions in civil proceedings recently including Belsner v Cam, Ho v Adelekun, and Hassam v Rabot along with judicial reviews by APIL of the fixed recoverable costs rules and the discount rate. He is a past member of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee and the current legal expert member of the Online Procedure Rule Committee. He is a director of Medco and a member of the Official Injuries Advisory Group... view full biography