ABSTRACT
It was noted in Part I that English law has traditionally focused on the relationship between employers and their own employees and distinguished those from other categories of workers; that is workers who have the status of employee but work for another employer or those who are self-employed. Thus in Lane v Shire Roofing Co (Oxford) Ltd (1995)1 (concerning injury of a roofing worker who was purporting to be self-employed) Henry LJ, in the Court of Appeal, noted that whatever the parties might intend there was in health and safety matters a public interest in recognising the employer and employee relationship because statutory rights and duties were based upon that framework of employment.
