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#1 Posted : 04 February 2003 16:27:00(UTC)
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Posted By Joe Ridley
Hi there,

Does anyone know where I will find information relating to court decisions based on previous cases, in particular in relaton to workplace accidents.

Thanks

Joe
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#2 Posted : 04 February 2003 16:42:00(UTC)
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Posted By Philip McAleenan
Joe,

here is one source, http://www.lawreports.co.uk/

As far as I can see these are notes on cases rather tahn full reports, but are useful none the less. Once in the site, use their search function for specific workplace cases.

Uk employment law cases can be found here, http://www.idsbrief.co.uk/elc/ELCshp.htm

Case law in the European Court of Justice can be found at http://curia.eu.int/en/content/juris/index.htm

hope these are useful

Philip
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#3 Posted : 04 February 2003 16:52:00(UTC)
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Posted By David Sinclair
Joe,

The easiest way is to look at the full report of a case. It will tell you what cases were used by the judges in their decisions. You can track back from there.

Just as a note, magistrates decisions are not binding on future courts. Court of Appeal cases are binding on lower courts, but not on House of Lords and Lords cases are binding on all lower courts, but not future Lords cases.

If you need information about a specific case, please e-mail me and I will try and help.

David
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#4 Posted : 04 February 2003 17:20:00(UTC)
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Posted By Steve Roots
If you need general case information and results of prosecutions etc. try Site Safety News published by HSE on a quarterly (i think) basis. If its just general info about current rates of fines etc, this publication is quite good. If you visit the HSE website you can join the circulation list, also view previous issues.

If I can be of any more help, please give me a shout!!
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#5 Posted : 04 February 2003 19:42:00(UTC)
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Posted By Adrian Watson
Dear Joe,

If you want to find cases relating to a particular subject go to a good library and ask for current law case citators. These will allow you to identify whether there is a relevant case and will also allow you to determine its current legal position.

Regards Adrian Watson
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