Criminal liability of OH practitioners Introduction Nearly all criminal prosecutions are brought against employers. However, there are some cases where an OH professional may be p...
Manslaughter and medical mistakes The Court of Appeal quashed an optometrist’s manslaughter conviction, because it was based on medical evidence she hadn’t (but s...
Health care provider fined for OH failures A Bedford based health care provider has been fined after it failed to act on concerns raised by an occupational health nurse. The case conc...
Types of law: civil and criminal Summary Criminal law is largely statutory, and aims to deter, punish and reform. It is mainly prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service, o...
