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Strange v Wincanton Logistics Ltd [2011] ScotCS CSIH_65a (26 October 2011)
An employee’s appeal over a pallet-handling injury failed. The court held the employer had shown it was not reasonably practicable to avoid manual handling or add another worker.
McGregor v. Alpha Airports Group Plc [2010] ScotCS CSOH_110 (10 August 2010)
The Court of Session refused a late minute of amendment that would have turned a single-incident personal injury claim into a broader, time-barred case.
JOHN STRANGE v. WINCANTON LOGISTICS LIMITED [2010] ScotSC 99 (01 June 2010)
A sheriff held that manual pallet handling caused the pursuer’s back pain, but the defenders were not liable because the risk was negligible and their safety system was adequate.
McGregor v Alpha Airports Group Plc [2010] ScotCS CSOH_51 (08 April 2010)
The court refused to award expenses for a discharged proof but ordered the pursuer to lodge £1,000 caution for expenses before further procedure.
Walsh v TNT UK Ltd [2006] ScotCS CSOH_149 (22 September 2006)
Personal injury claim by a delivery driver succeeded after the court found the employer breached manual handling safety duties by failing to provide refresher training.
Jaffray v. Grampian Test And Certification Ltd [2006] ScotSC 58 (23 June 2006)
The sheriff held the employer liable after a worker was injured while making a Flemish Eye, finding the manual handling regulations applied and were breached.
Hughes v. Grampian Country Food Group Ltd [2006] ScotCS CSOH_5 (18 January 2006)
Personal injury claim over alleged breach of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 failed because trussing chicken carcasses was not manual handling.
Berry v. McCowans Ltd [2005] ScotCS CSOH_66 (18 May 2005)
The Outer House dismissed a factory worker’s personal injury claim, finding she failed to prove an on-the-job accident or that any shoulder injury was caused by manual handling at work.
McFarlane v. Ferguson Shipbuilders [2004] ScotCS 68 (16 March 2004)
A shipyard employee failed to prove that grinder use caused or worsened his tennis elbow, or that the employer breached common law or health and safety duties.
Taylor v. City of Glasgow Council [2002] ScotCS 351 (30 April 2002)
The Inner House held that a pursuer injured while moving a cupboard pled a relevant case under the Manual Handling Regulations 1992, and allowed a proof before answer.
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