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This Judicial Review case was brought by the claimant council following an inquest. The Inquest had concluded that one of...
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This third article in relation to the Noise Immission level (NIL) considers some of the more complicated or arguable features....
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This article considers how the NIL is used within the Coles guidelines. This is the second article in this series in relation...
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NIHL

Noise Immission Level (NIL) – Part 1 – the Basics

The basic requirements for a diagnosis of Noise Induced Hearing Loss consist of 2 elements: audiology which is consistent with...
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Limitation

Calculating 3-years

A narrow point that occasionally arises is how '3-years' is calculated for the purposes of limitation. In accident cases or...
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Asbestos

Pinnegar v Kellogg and ICI

This case is the latest in a series where the issue as to the reliability and credibility of historic witness...
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Asbestos

Asbestosis – assessing damages on a provisional basis

Hamilton v NG Bailey Limited [2020] EWHC 2910 (QB) provides a useful view of how a court might approach quantum...
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NIHL

Motorcycle Noise Exposure

Anyone who has ever read a medical report in a noise induced hearing loss case will be familiar with the...
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NIHL

Occupational Deafness as a Prescribed Disease

Occupational Deafness has been a prescribed disease since 1975. However, this consideration rarely features in litigated personal injury NIHL claims....
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In Holmes v S & B Concrete [2020] EWHC 2277 (QB) a novel argument was raised in relation to limitation...
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