The WLR Daily case summaries
[2018] WLR(D) 226
Queen’s Bench Division
Heeds v Chief Constable of Cleveland Police
[2018] EWHC 810 (QB)
2017 Nov 1; 2018 Feb 15; April 18
Jeremy Baker J
Health and safety— Employer’s duty— Workplace— Claimant police officer sustaining personal injury when trapping thumb in door to custody suite at police station— Claim for damages for personal injury— Whether liability governed by regulations concerning safety of workplace or those concerning work equipment— Correct test of liability— Whether liability established—
Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 (SI 1992/3004), reg 18(1)
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Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
(SI 1998/2306), reg 4(1)