Training:

I provide training across the range of Industrial Disease matters.

Recently training has been given to:

• Zoom seminars ‘Law with Lunch’ – to both claimant and defendant solicitors
• Bespoke training series
• Claimant solicitor firms
• Defendant solicitor firms
• Local authorities

Training can easily be arranged via zoom or similar – bespoke sessions can be arranged.

Solicitors may be interested in any of the topics below, but other topics can easily be arranged by request.

Noise Induced Hearing Loss:

• An Introduction to NIHL
• What is Noise and what is breach of duty
• Audiograms and medical causation
• Factual Issues in NIHL
• Limitation in NIHL
• De Minimis
• Complex medical issues in NIHL (either individual topics or a review of the common complex issues)
• Loss at 6 kHz alone

Vibration Induced Injury:

• An Introduction to vibration related injury
• What is vibration and what is a breach of duty
• Forms of vibration related injury and their causation
• Carpal tunnel syndrome and its connection to vibration

Asbestos Related injury:

• Date of guilty knowledge
• Forms of asbestos related injury
• Factual issues in asbestos claims
• Limitation in asbestos claims

Limitation:

• Section 14 of the Limitation Act 1980 and the date of knowledge
• Section 33 of the Limitation Act 1980 and the practical use of the discretion
• Evidence in limitation cases

Other training:

• Occupational asthma – an Introduction 
• Dermatitis – an Introduction

Feedback from recent sessions:

“It was really interesting, thanks.“

“It was really useful.  Thank you very much.“

“Thanks – it was really informative.“

“It was really interesting and very helpful, thank you…”

“Great session today, I really appreciated Jim’s time and knowledge.“

“Very useful session, thanks.“

“The training today was really useful.”