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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
Occupational disease claims - market developments
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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
Defending mesothelioma claims “a lost cause”
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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