Courts have not yet determined if a gambling addiction constitutes a disability for the purposes of discriminations laws.

Claims of negligence and assault were dismissed, after blood and urine samples were taken from an intoxicated employee.

In certain circumstances a worker does not need to be at work to suffer a work-related injury.

The Act abolished common law thresholds - retrospective - to apply to all injuries which occurred after 31 January 2015.

The Act abolished common law thresholds—changes made retrospectively and applying to all injuries since 31 January 2015.

The Queensland OHO issued its investigation report into quality and safety of maternity services at Beaudesert Hospital.

The Appellant was alleged to have enabled her election signs to be placed in the local area without a necessary licence.

Coverage cannot be denied because of an act of the insured if the loss that caused the claim was not caused by that act.

This recent Queensland decision affirms that the threshold for release from a claim is set high by the court.

For several years there has been a dedicated procedure for dealing with personal injury actions in the Court of Session.

To appoint an administrator, directors require authority and must give notice to the Company of their intention to appoint an administrator.

This week The Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling in relation to equal pay claims brought by former employees of Birmingham City Council in the High Court (rather than, as would be the norm, in the Employment Tribunals).

Recently, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) announced that the number of employees killed or injured at work is at it lowest level since the introduction of the modern health & safety system 35 years ago.

The Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs and Environment Committee are seeking views on the general principles of the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill.

Not leaving a Will can have unintended and unexpected effects.

As readers of our article "The Insolvency Rules join the Electronic Age" will be aware, the UK parliament recently made various changes to the Insolvency (Scotland) Rules with a view to reducing administrative burdens in administration and company voluntary arrangements and allow financial savings to be passed on the creditors.

S.151(8) Road Traffic Act 1988 grants to a compulsory motor insurer who has had to satisfy a judgment pursuant to s.151(5).

If you have been involved in a road traffic accident that was not your fault, or if you were a passenger in a vehicle that has been involved in an accident, and you have suffered a whiplash injury, you are likely to be entitled to compensation from the other party involved in the accident or their insurance company.

Already we are seeing these changes come into effect with the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) (Amendment No.2) Order 2012 coming into force on 1 October 2012.

On 6 September 2012 the government published its Ministerial Statement, setting out a raft of proposed changes to the planning system in order to – yet again – ‘simplify and quicken’ the regime.