Archive for June, 2008

Sutherland v Hatton

Sutherland v Hatton
In 2002 the Court of Appeal gave a landmark judgment in four joined stress cases,
Sutherland v Hatton: Somerset County Council v Barber: Sandwell Metropolian Borough
Council v Jones: Baker Refractories Ltd v Bishop £2002j EWCA Civ 76.
The judgment sets out guidelines on an employer’s common law obligations in relation to
workplace stress-related illness. In three [...]

This article, written by Rymer Rigby, appeared in the Financial Times on 9th June 2008.
Rescuers discovered a man washed up on a South Pacific beach. He had been attacked by a shark and was in need of medical attention. But the only identification anyone could find was an employee assistance programme card in his pocket: [...]