Prof Brenda Barrett
Emeritus Professor
Department: Law
Contact
- Telephone: +44 (0)20 8411 5836
- E-mail: B.Barrett@mdx.ac.uk
Qualifications
MA, PhD
Research Interests
Occupational Health and Safety Law
Research Supervision:
Interested in PhD supervision
Teaching Interests
- Tort
- Labour Law
- Occupational Health and Safety Law
Biography
Articles:
- Health and Safety section of Employment Law for People Managers Manual (looseleaf) CIPD.
- "Vicarious Liability for Harassment by an Employee" in Industrial Law Journal 2005 Vol.35 pp.431-438.
- "Counselling Services not a Substitute for Stress Management" in Industrial Law Journal (2005) Vol.35 pp.216-224.
- "Psychiatric Stress- An Unacceptable Cost to Employers" in The Journal of Business Law Issue 1, 2008 pp 64-82.
- "Liability for Safety Offences: Is the Law Still Fatally Flawed?" in Industrial Law Journal Vol. 37 pp. 100-118.
- Health and Safety Issues in New Forms of Employment and Work Organization (with Malcolm Sargeant) in The International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations Vol. 24/2 243-261
- Should Employers be held more responsible for Stress at the Work Place? Contemporary Issues in Law Vol.11 Issue 1 pp.37-53
Externally Funded Projects:
EU Labour Law Project (2005-2007); Scientific Director with Professor Malcolm Sargeant.
Presentations:
- Employer's Liability for Work-Related Stress Keynote lecture at MA residential course at Salford University, November 2005.
- Corporate Liability for Work-Related Fatalities -Keynote presentation at Conference for legal and safety practitioners at University of Salford 5th March 2008.
Professional Membership:
Barrister: Fellow of the Academy
Links with Partner/Business Organisations:
- External Examiner - University of Salford
- Company Secretary Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust and Subsidiary Trading Company
- Company Secretary Lee Housing Association
- Governor Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School
- Associate Tutor at the University of Leicester
