Health and Safety Law 2024 (October 2024)
The Dugmore ruling confirmed that the duty to control exposure is absolute. Employers cannot argue that it is not “reasonably practicable” to introduce control measures. The qualification of “reasonable practicability” refers only to prevention and not to the secondary duty of adequate control.
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