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Reynolds v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 24.5.10

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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June 16 2010

Mr Reynolds died in February 2009 as a result of a malignant pleural mesothelioma that was caused by exposure to asbestos

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

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

Owneroccupier of warehouse liable where contractor’s employee sustained injuries

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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March 11 2011

The Claimant was a qualified electrician employed by his brother (Lynch

Occupational disease manual

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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July 15 2011

Occupational disease and work related disease claims present practitioners with new and different challenges to those arising from an accident or other single event

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

Pleural plaques - Scottish claims can proceed

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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October 12 2011

The Supreme Court has endorsed the Scottish Parliament’s right to legislate to permit pleural plaques claims in Scotland

California: secondary exposure to asbestos

Kennedys
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United Kingdom, USA
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July 2 2012

Californian Court of Appeal holds that no duty of care was owed by employer to protect family members of employees from exposure to asbestos

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