Kennedy v Cordia (Services) LLP

Subject Matter

HEALTH AND SAFETY — Employer’s liability — Personal protective equipment — Home carer injured slipping on icy path leading to client’s house — Employer aware of risk of falls on snow and ice but merely advising carers to wear appropriate footwear — Whether employer’s risk assessment adequate — Whether employer under duty to provide anti-slip footwear attachments — Whether breach of duty causing or materially contributing to injury — Whether breach of employer’s duty of care at common law — Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992, reg 4(1) — Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, reg 3(1), Sch 1

[2016] UKSC 6; [2016] 1 WLR 597; [2016] ICR 325; 2016 SC (UKSC) 59; [2016] WLR (D) 74; Case details, SC(Sc)

REPARATION — Personal injury — Employerʼs liability — Employee slipping on ice on public pavement

[2016] UKSC 6; [2016] 1 WLR 597; [2016] ICR 325; 2016 SC (UKSC) 59; [2016] WLR (D) 74; Case details, SC(Sc)

EVIDENCE — Witnesses — Expert witness — Witness expressing opinion on health and safety

[2016] UKSC 6; [2016] 1 WLR 597; [2016] ICR 325; 2016 SC (UKSC) 59; [2016] WLR (D) 74; Case details, SC(Sc)

REPARATION — Personal injury — Employer’s liability — Employee slipping on ice on public pavement

[2014] CSIH 76; 2015 SC 154; 2014 SLT 984, Ct of Sess

Appellate History

Commentary

Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Expert Opinion Evidence - Duty of Lawyers F11.36

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Admissibility of Opinion Evidence - Independence 54.7