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Jim Hester – 30 June 2020 – Share
Accurate assessment of exposure is vital in industrial disease claims. In vibration claims, accurate assessment of 'Anger Time' (or 'Trigger...
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Jim Hester – 26 June 2020 – Share
There is much debate at the moment about the different risks posed by being 1 or 2 metres away from...
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Jim Hester – 23 June 2020 – Share
Chaplin v Pistol and another [2020] EWHC 1543 (QB), Mr Justice Jay, 16/06/2020 Reduced life expectancy is a common feature of...
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Jim Hester – 16 June 2020 – Share
In Thompson v Smiths Shiprepairers, Mustill J said that “after publication of Noise and the Worker there was no excuse for...
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Jim Hester – 11 June 2020 – Share
Coffin v Ford Motor Company Limited Southampton County Court, 18 March 2008, HHJ Iain Hughes QC 'Coffin v Ford rates’ are...
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Jim Hester – 8 June 2020 – Share
Maguire v Harland v Wolff PLC [2005] EWCA Civ 01 The Ongoing Relevance of this case: This Court of Appeal...
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Jim Hester – 2 June 2020 – Share
What is Noise? Noise in a colloquial sense might mean sound which is unwanted. For example, noise coming from a busy...
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Jim Hester – 30 May 2020 – Share
Valerie Bannister (Widow and Executrix of the Estate of Dennis Charles Bannister, Deceased) v Freemans PLC [2020] EWHC 1256 (QB),...
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Jim Hester – 29 May 2020 – Share
Gregory v H J Haynes Limited [2020] EWHC 911 (Ch), on appeal before Mr Justice Mann Introduction: This was an...
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Jim Hester – 27 May 2020 – Share
Thompson v Smiths Shiprepairers [1984] Q.B. 405 Introduction: Thompson v Smiths Shiprepairers (North Shields) Limited [1984] Q.B. 405 holds a north-east connection,...
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