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Health and Safety

For lawyers, employers and workplace safety advisers, this is a no-nonsense guide providing an accessible and comprehensive account of the law relating to health and safety. In this expanding area last year there were over one million reported workplace accidents and diseases; six figure compensation awards arising out of claims as diverse as defective workplace equipment to occupational stress are now commonplace.

The statutory framework consists of specific hazard-based regulations which have been built up steadily since the ""six pack"" were introduced in 1992.