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Limitation: date of knowledge in RSI claim

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 3 2013

Court of Appeal upholds decision in favour of Defendant; Claimant had the requisite knowledge to bring a claim for many years. This is another example

Occupational disease claims: market developments - May 2013

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 1 2013

Statistics released by the HSE on 7 March 2013 indicate that deaths from mesothelioma continue to increase in Great Britain. The latest information

Annual survey of hours and earnings (ASHE): error in published data

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • November 26 2012

The ONS have, however, used different methodology for calculating the 2011 first release and 2011 revised data

Top tips for defending noise induced hearing loss claims

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 29 2012

The Supreme Court decision in Baker v Quantum Clothing Ltd 2011 was seen as having prevented the opening of the floodgates of industrial deafness claims

Misconduct procedures, supension and police involvement

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 29 2012

The case of Crawford and another v Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust 2012 EWCA Civ 138, (Crawford) considers the appropriateness of suspending employees in misconduct cases

Limitation: Atomic Veterans Litigation

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 21 2012

The decision highlights that, whatever level of sympathy there may be for people like these Claimants who have given service to their country, it will be necessary for a claimant to show that a claim is not prevented from proceeding on limitation grounds

CRU appeals - "effective cause" of benefits

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 12 2011

Appeal against a CRU certificate to be reheard where the tribunal failed properly to consider the impact of earlier injuries

Bladder cancer and the steel industry

  • Kennedys Law LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 30 2011

Between 2007 and 2009, the death rate for bladder cancer in South Yorkshire was over 50 per cent higher than the national average

Disease Brief - Old war stories

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • July 4 2011

Whilst defending a living mesothelioma claim brought by a Claimant represented by a large trade union firm, receipt of the updated schedule of special damage provoked this article

Disease brief - blame the parents

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • July 4 2011

A recent case has expanded the potential liabilities of parent companies for their subsidiaries