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Willmore v Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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August 14 2009

Between 1972 and 1979, Dianne Willmore had been a pupil at a local authority-run secondary school known as Page Moss Comprehensive School

Defending mesothelioma claims “a lost cause”

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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March 10 2011

In a unanimous judgment handed down by the Supreme Court, it has been held that in a "low dose" exposure claim, a mesothelioma victim need not establish that the extent of his exposure was such that it "doubled the risk" of him contracting the disease

Occupational disease claims - market developments

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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September 30 2011

A round up of recent news relating to the asbestos gene, Atomic Veterans Litigation, EL policy trigger litigation, noise claims and pleural plaques

Don't forget Arnold!

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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October 25 2010

Although the opportunity to use it seldom arises these days, there is a tool at the bottom of a disease lawyer's toolbox which is still useful and effective, the Arnold limitation defence

Abraham v G Ireson & Son (Properties) Ltd and another

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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September 10 2009

Defendants not liable for exposure to asbestos dust causing mesothelioma, as they would not have been aware of risk of injury at the relevant time

Willmore v Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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December 11 2009

Between 1972 and 1979 Dianne Willmore had been a pupil at a local authority-run secondary school known as Page Moss Comprehensive School

Karen Sienkiewicz (administratrix of the estate of Enid Costello, deceased) v Greif (UK) Ltd

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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November 13 2009

The Appellant had brought a claim for damages on behalf of the estate of her mother (Deceased), for death caused by mesothelioma

EL policy trigger litigation Bolton bites back

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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October 8 2010

Court of Appeal judgment has serious implications for mesothelioma victims and the long tail EL market

Asbestos exposure

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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October 25 2010

Defendant successfully defends occupational mesothelioma claim; exposure to asbestos was minimised so far as was reasonably practicable according to the standards at the time - Reynolds v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 24