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July 25, 1973 Master and Servant — Offices, shops, etc. premises — Telephone exchange — Lift motor room — Notice on door stating that only authorised attendant permitted to enter — Room occasionally used by other employees as route to roof — Employee fatally injured while in room — Floor not of sound construction — Breach of statutory duty — Claim for damages by employee's estate — Whether employer liable — Contributory negligence — Whether employee guilty of — Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963 (c.41), ss.l(1),(2), 16(1).

March 15, 1972 Revenue — Selective employment tax — Premium — Manufacturers of plant — Sites for construction, erection and repair of plant — Regional employment payments — Main establishment within development area — Sites of work outside development area — Whether employment of employees on sites carried out in or from establishment wholly within development area — Selective Employment Payments Act, 1966 (c.32), s.l (1), (2), — Finance Act, 1967 (c.54), s.26(l) — Revenue Act, 1968 (c.l1), s.l(2).

November 15, 1972 Negligence — Duty of care — Brick kiln — Workman exposed to dust — Dermatitis contracted — No washing facilities provided — Material increase in risk of contracting disease — Material contribution to contracting disease — Employers' liability.

As a civil servant opening an afternoon devoted to access to information, I couldn't resist the temptation to quote a now famous paragraph from the minority report attached to the 1973 Kilbrandon Report of the Constitution, which discussed the whole question of official information:

Master and servant — Vicarious liability — Course of employment — Bus conductor assaulting passenger — Whether assault committed in course of conductor's management of bus — Whether employer liable for conductor's act

March 27, 1974 Factory — Safety — Employee painting heavy object — Assistance available for turning it over — No instructions to seek assistance — Injury through handling without assistance — Employer's breach of statutory duty — Factories Act, 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. II c.34), s.72(1).

June 13, 1974 Master and Servant — Redundancy — Dismissal for redundancy — Redundancy payment — Computation of period of continuous employment — Transfer of business on undertaking — Contracts of Employment Act, 1963 (c. 49), Sch. 1 para. 10 (2) — Redundancy Payments Act, 1965 (c. 62), ss. 1, 3(1), (2), 13 (2), 24, Sch. 1, para. 1.

November 21, 1973 Negligence — Master and servant — Explosive substance — Scrap metal factory — Old safe purchased for scrap — Opened with oxy‐acetylene burner — High explosive in it ignited — “Plant, tank or vessel” — Statutory duty — Factories Act, 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. II, c.34) s.31 (4).

Widespread criticism of the youth justice system in England and Wales has resulted in calls for it to adopt a restorative paradigm. This paper seeks to review the historical development of youth justice in neighbouring Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The historical development of youth justice in Scotland and Northern Ireland is reviewed with a view to learning lessons from these two very different models, compared to the current model in England and Wales.

It is argued that those tasked with reforming the system in England and Wales must understand the underlying political, cultural and social contexts in which alternative models have developed and satisfactorily resolve the conflicting needs and rights of the offender versus those of the victim, community and wider public.

Transfer of policy and practice from other jurisdictions requires careful consideration of their political, cultural and social contexts but England and Wales may benefit greatly from adopting restorative practices similar to those in Northern Ireland. However, successful implementation will depend on political will and institutional infrastructure.