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Axa and other insurers failed once again in their challenge to the Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) (Scotland) Act 2009 which makes pleural plaques an actionable injury in Scotland, reversing the effect of the House of Lords’ decision in Rothwell v Chemical and Insulating Co Ltd
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has successfully appealed against a decision allowing more than 1,000 ex-servicemen to proceed with claims for damages for injuries allegedly caused by exposure to fallout from British nuclear weapon tests in Australia and on islands in the Pacific Ocean during the Cold War in the 1950s
