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Solicitor Backs Calls For New Asbestos Laws

05Aug

Unite is calling for the introduction of new asbestos laws, requiring the safe removal of all asbestos.

Worker’s Memorial Day Highlights Asbestos Danger

07May

The continuing impact of asbestos in the workplace has been highlighted after campaigners marked Worker’s Memorial Day.

New Asbestos Guide For Schools Published

20Apr

New guidance for the management of asbestos in schools has been published by the Department for Education.

Durham Council In School Asbestos Payout

17Apr

A man has been awarded compensation after his wife died from asbestos related cancer in 2011.

Mesothelioma Claims Could Peak This Year

13Apr

“Mesothelioma is a hideous cancer that is, sadly, incurable,” says Anthony McCarthy, a mesothelioma claims expert with Macks Solicitors.

Asbestos Lawyers Welcome Compensation Decision

16Mar

Asbestos lawyers have welcomed new rules that will see mesothelioma sufferers receive up to £54,000 extra compensation.

Tragic Case Underlines Mesothelioma Danger, Say Asbestos Lawyers

10Mar

Lawyers say the tragic case of a widow who died of mesothelioma shows that the awful disease is not just contracted by those who worked with asbestos.

Government In Asbestos Compensation U-Turn

09Mar

Asbestos lawyers have welcomed news that mesothelioma sufferers will now be awarded 100 per cent compensation after a government U-turn.

Court rules in favour of ICI widow

03Mar

A court battle between ICI and the widow of one of their former workers has ended with judges ruling that the company were in breach of the duty of care owed to her husband. Anthony McCarthy comments.

Family of heavy smoker successfully claim for asbestos exposure

28Nov

The family of a man who has died from lung cancer have successfully been awarded compensation from his former employers. The cancer was caused by a combination of smoking and exposure to asbestos – but his history of smoking did not prevent the claim from being successful.

Majority of wartime gas masks found to contain asbestos.

13Nov

Tests carried out by the HSE found filters of World War Two gas masks to contain dangerous levels of asbestos dust.

Supreme Court makes landmark judgement on mesthelioma case

24Oct

A significant asbestos case in the Supreme Court has resulted in compensation being awarded to a mesothelioma victim’s family, despite him working only indirectly with the substance.

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