Join APIL Secretary and senior fellow Brett Dixon, for an introduction to this increasingly important and complex area of law.

The course has been updated with new cases from the previous series of webinars. It will still be delivered over six webinars as it has enabled a wider cross section of members to access the course and materials.

Taking part in all the webinars will:

• Help you understand the principles of negligence that underpin success in these types of cases
• Understand and identify an employment relationship when it exists and using that information to succeed
• Use risk assessment to structure your case and arguments
  • Identifying risks and foreseeable harm
  • Identifying control measures that could have avoided the injury your client suffered
  • Understand the importance of causation and the role it plays in a successful risk assessment argument
• Understand and use the health and safety regulations post Enterprise Act
  • The latest cases establishing the approach the court must take
  • Why regulations still matter
  • Their role in identifying the standard of care
  • Countering defendant arguments
• Use and apply the Six Pack of Regulations
  • The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
  • The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
  • The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
  • The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992
  • The Workplace Health Safety and Welfare Regulations 1992
  • Display Screen Equipment Regulations 1992
• Vicarious Liability
  • The quasi-employment test
  • The twin requirements of the sufficiently close connection test
  • The remaining pitfalls
  • The importance of being able to identify a separate enterprise or business

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This webinar is one of a series of webinars covering the essentials in running and winning employers liability cases in the modern era.  

Each webinar will focus on the building blocks you need to be successful in these cases.

Full series:

Principles of negligence in employer’s liability
Using risk assessment to win cases
Regulations and duties Post Enterprise Act
The Six Pack Regulations - Part I
The Six Pack Regulations - Part II
Vicarious liability in the modern world