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14 Cards in this Set
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Barclay v An Post
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Postal worker working in area with low post boxes. Sick leave. Comes back to increased work in that area. Successfully sues but only for the second period of sick-leave.
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McLoughlin v Carr
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Harloes Bar - pub vacated, guards coming, pub is subsequently robbed. Sues employer - received no training. Training would have been useless in such a situation.
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Ryan v Ireland
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Super army soldier tries to sue Army for injury sustained in combat. SC says there is no employment which is so inherently dangerous that the employer will not be held liable.
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Walsh v Securicor (Ireland) Ltd.
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Securicor van ambushed - foreseeable given that the route and timings had not changed in 7 years. Employers argued that this was due to a contractual obligation. However, no effort was made to change this.
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McCann v Brinks Allied & Ulster Bank
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Man delivering money robbed in space between van and bank. Can't get any closer due to bollards. This had happened before - some safety measures necessary.
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Liability for Bullying/Harassment/Stress.
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Ya dig?
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Walker v Northumberland County Council
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Dealing with stress as a result of child abuse cases. Comes back to more of the same STUFF. Sues for second period.
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Sutherland v Hatton
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No such thing as a job too stressful, must take at face value everything employee says (unless there is a known vulnerability), must set have programmes to assist employees.
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Barber v Somerset County Council
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Teacher forced to take on lotso responsibilities, suffers nervous breakdance. The dissent was strongly against finding for the plaintiff.
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Green v DB Group Services
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Plaintiff bullied loads and suffers psychiatric damage. The bullies were able to carry out the bullying by virtue of their positions within the country.
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McGrath v Trintech Technologies
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Sutherland props adopted into Irish law. Injury from work related stress. However, failed to put employer on notice, so can't be liable.
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Quigley v Complex Tooling and Moulding
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Case fails on causation, despite poor procedural response from employer.
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Maher v Jabil Global Services Ltd
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Period of overwork and underwork. 3 step test: injury to health? Attributable to workplace? Foreseeable?
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Berber v Dunnes Stores
Nyhan v Commissioner of An Garda Siochona Sweeney v Balinteer Community College |
All fail on foreseeability
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