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:

In Thompson v Smiths Shiprepairers, Mustill J said that “after publication of Noise and the Worker there was no excuse for ignorance.”  He also said about it that it was “a pamphlet which explained the problem, and some of the steps which might be taken to overcome it, in the clearest possible...
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Coffin v Ford Motor Company Limited Southampton County Court, 18 March 2008, HHJ Iain Hughes QC 'Coffin v Ford rates’ are still frequently cited on Schedules and Counter-Schedules in NIHL cases when it comes to recovery of the cost of hearing aids.  In some circumstances the figures may still be broadly in...
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Maguire v Harland v Wolff PLC [2005] EWCA Civ 01 The Ongoing Relevance of this case: This Court of Appeal decision remains of relevance to practitioners when considering 'secondary exposure' cases – usually when a family member has developed an asbestos-related condition as a result of coming into contact with...
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