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GOVERNMENT DETERMINED TO TAKE ACTION ON PLAQUES
Posted: 17-03-2008
Gordon Brown has stated that he is determined to take some action in relation to compensation for Pleural Plaques. In answer to a Parliamentary Question on 12/3/2008 ... ASBESTOS COMPENSATION RULED OUT BY LAW LORDS
Posted: 17-10-2007
In January 2006 the Court of Appeal decided in a test case that no compensation should be awarded to individuals suffering from pleural plaques alone. That deci ... Court of Appeal Pleural Plaque Test Case Result
Posted: 26-01-2006
The effect of the Judgement is to deny any compensation to those diagnosed with pleural plaques. The Judgement applies to all ongoing pleural plaque cases apart from ... Marrons Launch Dedicated Asbestos Website
Posted: 04-04-2005
While we have provided basic information about asbestos claims on this site, we felt it would help our clients suffering from asbestos related disease if we were to set u ... Pleural Plaque Test Cases
Posted: 21-02-2005
We currently represent many hundreds of clients who have developed pleural plaques (a type of scarring of the lungs)as a result of having been negligently exposed to a ... Court of Appeal Rejects Widow
Posted: 27-01-2005
Mrs Maguire had contracted mesothelioma through being exposed to asbestos from dust on husband’s work clothes. Her husband was employed as a boilermaker with Harland & ... New Work at Height Regulations
Posted: 26-01-2005
The Work at Height Regulations 2005 consolidate previous legislation on working at height, and will implement European Council Directive 2001/45/EC concerning minimum ... Asbestos timebomb cover-up
Posted: 25-11-2004
A Chronicle probe has uncovered hundreds of the documents which show directors knew workers were being put at risk from asbestos. Papers from the Wa ... Future of Personal Injury Claims - Lord Falconer
Posted: 17-11-2004
Andy Cook Hello and welcome to the Second Insurance Times ‘Future of Claims’ Conference. I’m delighted to see so many of you here today for what is a massive ma ... Compensation Culture is a Myth
Posted: 17-11-2004
Andy CookHello and welcome to the Second Insurance Times ‘Future of Claims’ Conference. I’m delighted to see so many of you here today for what is a massive mas ... Thousands of Britons are dying of a lung disease that has been largely ignored
Posted: 17-09-2004
There is a hidden killer out there. It will end the lives of more than 2,000 Britons a year in a terrible, painful way - and you may be only metres away from the cause ... Asbestos ruling set to help thousands of claimants - Fairchild, Fox and Matthews
Posted: 15-07-2002
On 26th June 2002 the House of Lords made a landmark ruling. Where claimants can prove significant asbestos exposure with more than one defendant but cannot establish ...