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Action Mesothelioma Day 2018

Action Mesothelioma Day is on 6th July- it’s a chance to remember the many people who died of this disease in the UK and also to raise awareness about the...

June 29, 2018

Andrew James

Blog

Paying for Non-NHS funded treatment through civil compensation claims – hope for victims of mesothelioma

Important progress has recently been made in the field of medical research into the mechanism of development of mesothelioma and how it can be effectively be treated. Advancing medical treatments...

June 26, 2018

Isobel Lovett

Opinion

Asbestos exposure outside the UK- the problems continue

In the UK we can be grateful that exposure to asbestos for the ordinary person is rare. Though its dangers were obscured for generations, its eventual total ban in 1999...

June 11, 2018

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Why do you need an Accredited Solicitor for an Asbestos Compensation Claim?

When you have a minor medical problem, you go see a GP for advice. A GP can tell you about the illness you have, what the causes are, and what...

May 9, 2018

Andrew James

Opinion

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Asbestos Disease Awareness Organisation Annual Conference 2018

The impact of Asbestos Asbestos is a fibrous material which was extensively used in the UK from the 1900’s, due to its huge versatility and ability to be moulded into...

April 25, 2018

Isobel Lovett

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Asbestos – is it the responsibility of your Landlord?

Asbestos is a set of six naturally occurring silicate minerals and was commonly used in buildings. Asbestos fibres were woven into fabrics or mixed in cement, plastic and other materials...

February 2, 2018

Opinion

Truth beneath the Cape

On 5 December 2017 the High Court ruled in Dring v Cape Distribution and others [2017] EWHC 2103 (QB) that historic documents held by the asbestos company Cape and disclosed...

December 11, 2017

Andrew James

Opinion

The use of asbestos – deadly white lies

There were 2542 recorded deaths in the UK from mesothelioma in 2015. The increase is largely due to an increase in deaths among those aged 75 or above. This is...

October 27, 2017

Andrew James

Opinion

Action Mesothelioma Day 2017

For the past 17 years I’ve been helping patients with mesothelioma and other asbestos diseases, access state benefits, support and compensation. In that time, although there have been many legal...

July 7, 2017

Isobel Lovett

Blog

Workers' Memorial Day, 28.4.2017 – reflecting on the ongoing impact of asbestos

As lawyers specialising in asbestos disease claims, we are only too aware of the terrible toll of this potentially deadly mineral on the lives of workers in the UK. HSE…

April 28, 2017

Isobel Lovett

Opinion

International Women’s Day 2017

Having attended the brilliant #IWD2017 event organised by Doughty Street Chambers last Saturday and the #March4women event last Sunday, my thoughts on this International Women’s Day 2017 turn to all...

March 8, 2017

Isobel Lovett

Opinion

Funding treatment for mesothelioma through litigation

The immune system protects us from disease. Normally the immune system detects and destroys mutated cells such as cancer but, sometimes the cells can escape detection and develop into tumours....

February 15, 2017

Andrew James

Opinion

Should insurance companies be trusted?

A look back in history at the way that one of the UK’s biggest asbestos claims handlers dealt with their liabilities gives us a clue. The Iron Trades, a mutual...

January 17, 2017

Andrew James

Blog

Asbestos exposure in schools – a family’s story

You couldn’t fail to by moved today when listening to Jenny Murray’s interview with Lucy Stephens, daughter of Sue Stephens, who sadly died aged 68 in June this year as...

December 9, 2016

Isobel Lovett

Opinion

True cost of asbestos in schools

More than 224 teachers have died of mesothelioma in the period between 2003 and 2012. We are now also seeing an increasing number of younger people diagnosed with mesothelioma and...

August 17, 2016

Andrew James

Opinion

Removing all trace

The government proposal to delete records of companies after 6 years makes little sense to anyone trying to pursue industrial disease litigation. The DWP figures for mesothelioma victims for 2015/2016...

August 9, 2016

Andrew James

Opinion

The needs of industry

In the 1960s, faced with increasing scientific evidence that all types of asbestos caused mesothelioma the asbestos industry sought to fight back in the same way as the tobacco industry...

August 2, 2016

Andrew James

Opinion

Court of appeal decides in favour of asbestosis victim – a victory for common sense

Harry Steinberg QC and Aliyah Akram, both of 12 King’s Bench Walk chambers, successfully argued in the Court of Appeal that a 2.3% contribution to a claimant’s asbestosis constituted actionable...

July 29, 2016

Isobel Lovett

Opinion

The difference between tobacco and asbestos?

Today if anyone quoted from the tobacco manufacturer’s scientific evidence that smoking does not cause lung cancer they would probably be laughed out of court. However, despite their own knowledge...

July 20, 2016

Andrew James

Opinion

Science and asbestos or simple reality?

Examination of the various studies produced and funded by the asbestos industry show a long history of manipulation of scientific data to postulate that anything but chrysotile causes mesothelioma. Time...

July 6, 2016

Andrew James