mesothelioma
Everything tagged with mesothelioma
Teacher's family awarded six figure asbestos compensation
Relatives of deceased teacher John Murphy have been awarded ?116,000 compensation after a three year legal battle.
Tameside Borough Council eventually admitted liability but Janis Murphy believes the case would have been resolved sooner...
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asbestos
legal
mesothelioma
Mesothelioma victims to get faster compensation
New legislation should ensure that mesothelioma sufferers will receive faster compensation.
The planned legislation will allow companies that have paid out compensation to recoup some of the costs from the centrally regulated Financial...
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legal
mesothelioma
Cape Asbestos fund finally agreed
As we reported back in June 2005, Cape Group - former owners of Cape Asbestos - decided to create a £40 million fund to compensate victims of asbestos-related illnesses. The Barking and Dagenham Post reports that this decision has...
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asbestos
legal
mesothelioma,
asbestosis
Woman compensated after contracting asbestos disease from grandfather's clothes
A Southsea woman has ended a landmark case against the Ministry of Defence who have agreed to pay GBP 145,000 compensation in an out-of–court settlement after being sued for negligence and breach of statutory duty, reports...
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legal
mesothelioma
Government to act on mesothelioma claims
The controversy over compensation for mesothelioma sufferers looks set to take yet another turn after Tony Blair promised to take action over a recent House of Lords ruling.
The judgment means that a single employer will not have to...
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asbestos
legal
mesothelioma
Settlement in Yorkshire Asbestos test case
A legal case that had threatened to cost insurers millions has been settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.
The compensation case was brought against Holland Hannan & Cubitt and two insurance companies, Zurich and Excess, by...
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asbestos
legal
mesothelioma,
case
asbestosis
Revised asbestos regulations receive HSC approval
The HSC is to recommend approval of revised asbestos regulations, which will strengthen overall worker protection by reducing exposure limits and introducing detailed mandatory training for work with asbestos.
As previously reported...
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asbestos
legal
training
hse
controllimit
licensing
workplacelawnetwork
hsc
exposurelimits
texturedcoatings
mesothelioma
Pinewood studios at heart of GBP150,000 asbestos case
Rank Entertainment, former owners of Pinewood studios, is being taken to court by the widow of a former worker who contracted mesothelioma (a cancer caused by asbestos exposure) while building film sets, reports Times Online.
The...
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legal
mesothelioma,
case
Mesothelioma sufferer wins damages of £400,000
A carpenter suffering from mesothelioma, the asbestos-related disease, has won damages of £400,000 from his former employer.
Field Fisher Waterhouse, the law firm acting for Amargeet Singh Dahele, said it believed this was one of...
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asbestos
workplacelawnetwork
mesothelioma
Government to end asbestos disability compensation for manual workers?
The Government is considering ending the Industrial Injuries Disabled Benefit, reports Guardian Unlimited.
The scheme pays compensation to workers who suffer illness or injury where liability cannot be proved. When the scheme started...
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asbestos
mesothelioma
Fury over huge fees for asbestos compensation fund
Victims of the asbestos giant Turner and Newell have expressed their concern at the huge fees paid to the companies that administer the compensation fund.
Turner and Newell owned a number of factories in the UK but went into...
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asbestos
legal
mesothelioma
Teachers sue over fears of asbestos dust in schools
Eight teachers from the North East are preparing to sue their education authorities after they contracted asbestos related illnesses. The teachers believe they contracted the diseases from inhaling asbestos dust released after pinning...
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asbestos
remediation
coshh
mesothelioma
