Industrial Disease: Updates and Library
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I provide regular Industrial Disease Updates – you can Sign Up to receive notifications when these Updates are published. There is also a Library of useful documents.
This site is primarily designed to assist solicitors who are involved in Industrial Disease litigation. Busy practitioners are kept up-to-date with matters of interest regarding Industrial Disease. The emphasis is on practical assistance for Industrial Disease lawyers.
There are also downloads and links to useful documents within the Library sections.
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Updates on Industrial Disease matters:
Recent Updates:
Accurate assessment of exposure is vital in industrial disease claims. In vibration claims, accurate assessment of 'Anger Time' (or 'Trigger Time') is especially important. Tool use can often be described as being 'all day' but clearly a more accurate assessment is required. Time spent travelling, on breaks, getting materials, or setting...
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There is much debate at the moment about the different risks posed by being 1 or 2 metres away from a potential source of danger. However, understanding the effects of distance in a noise induced hearing loss case can be the difference between success and failure for either side. In...
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Chaplin v Pistol and another [2020] EWHC 1543 (QB), Mr Justice Jay, 16/06/2020 Reduced life expectancy is a common feature of industrial disease cases. However, it is usually the case that medical experts are able to determine the same. In the case of Chaplin the matter of expert evidence in the field of medical statistics...
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Library of Industrial Disease documents:
Recently added documents:
- Sparkes (as personal representative of Pauline Sparkes, deceased) v London Pension Funds Authority and Leigh Academies Trust
- Smith v Secretary of State for Transport
- Smith v Ford
- R (on the Application of Wandsworth Borough Council) v Her Majesty’s Senior Coroner for Inner West London
- Pinnegar v Kellogg & ICI