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Historical disease claims: sins of the past

  • Kennedys
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 29 2012

The process of identifying corporate responsibility for historical disease claims will depend in large part of the availability of accurate information as to the history of the relevant business and of its owners

Top tips for defending noise induced hearing loss claims

  • Kennedys
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • 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

FSA consultation: tracing employers’ liability insurers

  • Kennedys
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 29 2012

Claims for work related illness are on the increase

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP): £300m support for future mesothelioma victims

  • Kennedys
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 30 2012

The DWP announced on 25 July that victims of mesothelioma will receive help through a new support scheme with immediate effect

Tractors, canals and tool exclusions

  • Kennedys
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 25 2012

Insurer could not rely on a tool exclusion when a tractor and its drivers fell victim to a collapsing bankside

Mesothelioma: impact of Compensation Act

  • Kennedys
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 18 2012

Where exposure was in Guernsey and the Compensation Act 2006 did not apply, liability was decided on the basis of Barker v Corus UK Ltd; insurer was not liable for full period of exposure when policies covered only part of this

Employers’ liability: robberies

  • Kennedys
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 11 2012

Unfortunately, some shops will be vulnerable to robberies

EL policy trigger litigation - back where we started

  • Kennedys
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 28 2012

The Supreme Court judgment in the EL policy triggers test litigation was handed down today

Injury arising out of and in the course of employment: cross-border travel

  • Kennedys
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • November 16 2011

In a previous case review Entitlement to employees' compensation, we reviewed an employees’ compensation case, Chan Ho Yuen v Multi Circuit Board (China) Limited, where two employees were injured while travelling back to the ChinaHong Kong border after attending an annual dinner organised by their employer in Shenzhen

Disease brief - harassment

  • Kennedys
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 4 2011

A recent Court of Appeal judgment will be of concern to employers and insurers faced with harassment claims who thought that the genie that constituted Harassment Act claims had been firmly put back into the bottle following the common sense judgment in Conn v Sutherland City Council