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08 February 2010
Parliament moves towards compensation for asbestos pleural plaques victims
The Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bills were debated in both Houses of Parliament at the same time on Friday 5 February 2010. If passed, the Bills will allow pleural plaques sufferers to claim compensation for their asbestos exposure.
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29 January 2010
Pleural Plaques Sufferers - a ray of light?
There have been recent reports in various newspapers that the Secretary of State for Justice, Jack Straw, is to announce a new package for asbestos sufferers, including a potential one-off payment for people suffering from pleural plaques.
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19 January 2010
Success for pleural plaques sufferers as insurers fail to overturn Scottish Compensation Act
Pleural plaques sufferers in Scotland received good news at the start of the year when a number of leading insurance firms failed to overturn the Scottish asbestos compensation Act. The Act was put in place to overrule the 2007 House of Lords decision which prevented pleural plaques sufferers from recovering compensation.
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23 December 2009
Pleural plaques announcement still a no-show
A written answer has been published in response to Chloe Smith MP’s question which asks when the Ministry of Justice will provide its response to the consultation on providing compensation to people with pleural plaques.
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23 December 2009
Compensation for family of man who died from mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure at the Fawley refinery in 1960's
Our industrial disease lawyers secured £316k for the wife and son of a man who died 4 months after being diagnosed with mesothelioma. He had been exposed to asbestos whilst working at Esso's Fawley refinery in the 1960's.
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20 October 2009
Pleural plaques victims are one step nearer to justice
On Friday 14 October 2009 The Damages (Asbestos Related Conditions) Bill passed through the House of Commons. If it becomes law it will overturn the 2007 Law Lords Ruling denying compensation payments to sufferers of pleural plaques.
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20 October 2009
Asbestos cancer victim’s widow awarded £300k payout - Fawley Refinery worker
Boyes Turner's specialist industrial disease lawyers helped a widow who lost her husband to asbestos-related cancer more than 40 years after he started work at Fawley Refinery win over £300k in damages.
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02 October 2009
Boyes Turner launches Berkshire Asbestos Support Group (BASG)
Reading law firm Boyes Turner has set up a support group for sufferers of asbestos disease and their families.
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23 July 2009
Further Delay for Pleural Plaque Victims
The Government was due to make an announcement on whether pleural plaques sufferers can receive any compensation on 21st July, but yet again the decision was delayed and no announcement will now be made until October.
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24 February 2009
Boyes Turner hosts fundraising quiz to raise awareness of Mesothelioma Day
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14 January 2009
Victory for Dockworkers
In a landmark Judgment on 18th December 2008 The High Court ordered that the Government could be sued by Dockers who had contracted asbestos related diseases due to the negligence of the National Labour Dock Board.
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13 January 2009
THE IRISHMEN WHO BUILT BIRMINGHAM – APPEAL FOR WITNESSES
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10 December 2008
House of Commons Debate on Pleural Plaques
On Wednesday 26 November 2008, the House of Commons held a debate on the issue of compensation for sufferers with pleural plaques.
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10 December 2008
Victory for Mesothelioma Victims at High Court
On 21 November 2008, Mr Justice Burton handed down a positive Judgment for mesothelioma victims in the “Employers’ Liability Insurance Policy Trigger Litigation” enabling thousands of mesothelioma patients and their families to continue receiving compensation from insurers.
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08 October 2008
Dead Labour MP sues Government over asbestos
An MP whose death has led to a by-election was in the process of suing the Government for refusing to pay compensation for the illness that killed him.
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02 October 2008
Mesothelioma Victims receive lump sum compensation from Government
From 1 Ocotber 2008, mesothelioma victims will be able to claim a lump sum from the Government, even if they do not know where they were exposed to the asbestos that caused it.
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02 October 2008
MoD admits liability for death of Donnington fire mesothelioma victim
The BBC's Inside Out programme last week revealed evidence that the 1983 Donnington fire which rained asbestos ash over the area could have been prevented. The MoD admits liability for the fire which caused a young mother to develop the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma - from which she died last year.
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03 September 2008
Time bomb - How asbestos in schools could lead to thousands of legal claims
News that a 28 year-old woman has become the youngest person to die of the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma, has highlighted the risk posed by asbestos in schools.
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21 July 2008
Dorset asbestos deaths set to rise
West Dorset area likely to be particularly affected because of former dockyards at Portland and the link with the Royal Navy.
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21 July 2008
Wiltshire carpenter dies of asbestos related lung cancer
Exposure to asbestos while working in the Ministry of Defence underground base near Corsham in Wiltshire.
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21 July 2008
Asbestos threat in Parliament
Asbestos contaminated shafts in the Palace of Westminster are not properly secured.
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21 July 2008
Relaxation of insurance duties
This will result in increased difficulties for asbestos victims to obtain financial compensation.
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15 July 2008
Actor dies of mesothelioma
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15 July 2008
Asbestos fire, families evacuated
Exposure to asbestos fibres can lead to the development of fatal diseases many years later.
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09 July 2008
Pleural plaques consultation paper
The Government have now published a consultation paper to consider reinstating some compensation for people suffering from pleural plaques.
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08 July 2008
Greater London Council and Haringey Council worker claims compensation for mesothelioma
Mr C's industrial disease claim was settled a year after his death for £140,000.
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08 July 2008
Coroner confirms asbestos related death of CEGB worker
Mr F worked for the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) at Marchwood Power Station in Southampton in the 1960s and 1970s.
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08 July 2008
Hoddesdon power station carpenter dies of mesothelioma
Mr W was regularly exposed to white and blue asbestos.
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30 June 2008
Scottish pleural plaque bill
The Scottish Bill will result in compensation being awarded for the condition of pleural plaques for people who were exposed to asbestos while working in Scotland.
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30 June 2008
Mesothelioma deaths set to rise
Nearly 2000 people die from mesothelioma a year.
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23 June 2008
Mesothelioma patient beats the odds
Jon Matthews who has mesothelioma bet he would beat the doctors estimate of his life expectancy.
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23 June 2008
Scotland moves to reinstate justice for pleural plaques
The bill will entitle anyone in Scotland to bring a claim on the basis that their lungs have been damaged by asbestos leading to the development of pleural plaques.
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16 June 2008
Springer v Covent Garden Market Authority
Mr Springer received £70,000 in compensation. He developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos dust during the build of New Covent Garden Market.
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12 June 2008
New group of Mesothelioma victims compensated
Our specialist industrial disease lawyers can help you make a claim.
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09 June 2008
Boyes Turner boosts industrial disease team with Shoosmiths hire
Boyes Turner has further strengthened its market leading Industrial Disease group with the hire of Richard Wargent from Shoosmiths solicitors in Basingstoke.
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08 June 2008
Pleural Plaques promise
Pleural plaques consultation paper to be published by mid-June.
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20 May 2008
Could you have been affected by the 1983 MoD Donnington Fire?
Specialist industrial disease lawyer Helen Childs of Reading law firm Boyes Turner is holding 'open days' in Telford on 28 and 29 May 2008 to offer free specialist legal advice to people who may have been exposed to asbestos fibres at the 1983 Donnington fire.
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27 April 2008
Inquest Links Mesothelioma Death to MoD Donnington Fire
The verdict from an inquest into the death of Ellen Paddock who died last year found that her death was linked to a massive fire at the MoD in Donnington in 1983.
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07 March 2008
Pleural Plaques Scottish Legislation
A regulatory impact assessment consultation to assess the affect of proposed pleural plaques legislation on businesses in Scotland has been issued by the Scottish Government.
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07 December 2007
Scottish Government to introduce Asbestos claims Bill
The Scottish Government is to introduce a Bill to reverse the House of Lords Judgment published in 17 Ocotber, whihc ruled that asymptomatic pleural plaques do not give rise to a cause of action under the law of damages.
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06 December 2007
Buckinghamshire woman's cancer caused by asbestos in her own home
Boyes Turner's industrial disease lawyers are acting for Pamela Hayes who was born in 1948 and has been diagnosed with the deadly asbestos related disease mesothelioma.
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17 October 2007
Pleural Plaques Judgement
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16 September 2007
Asbestos cases triple in a year
According to Legal & Medical criminal prosecutions brought under the control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002 more than tripled last year to 37.
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16 March 2007
New Lawyer for the Industrial Disease team
The Industrial Disease team is boosted by another new lawyer
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