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:
I have recently drafted two articles regarding Smith v Manchester awards. Firstly in what circumstances they may be appropriate, as opposed to using a multiplier and multiplicand approach. In the Second article I considered guidance as to how to value such a claim. However, with the even more recent publication of the...
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This short article covers a fundamental, but not straightforward, issue in noise induced hearing loss cases - calculating the Noise Immission Level. It is often the make, or break, of a case. What is the Noise Immission Level The Noise Immission Level (NIL) is a calculation as to an individual’s lifetime...
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This short article looks at ‘adjusting’ self-recording audiometry in order that it might be compared to manual audiometry such as pure tone audiometry. There is much debate as to the utility of occupational hearing audiometry in NIHL cases. The value and reliability of the previous audiometry might depend on which side...
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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