APIL disappointed by government decision following pleural plaques consultation
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has reacted with disappointment following the publication of the Government’s decision that people diagnosed with the asbestos-related condition Pleural Plaques did not qualify for personal injuries compensation, except in exceptional circumstances. The findings from the long-running consultation were published late last month, alongside a statement from the Secretary of State for Justice, Jack Straw… read more

Symptoms developed over 40 years after initial exposure
A widow whose husband, a retired policeman, died from an asbestos-related disease has made a successful compensation claim against the firm he worked for as a 16-year old engineering apprentice.

Mrs B’s claim, which was conducted by another firm of solicitors unrelated to Camps, shows just how long some asbestos-related diseases such as the cancer mesothelioma take to develop.  In this… read more

Knowsley woman wins High Court battle for mesothelioma compensation
A woman from Liverpool has been awarded nearly a quarter of a million pounds compensation after she developed the asbestos related cancer Mesothelioma.  The woman, Mrs W, had been exposed to brown asbestos in the ceiling tiles of the secondary school she attended in the 1970’s.  As a result of this exposure as a child, she went on to develop the… read more

According to the BBC news website, a young father from County Durham has received £52,000 compensation after contracting mesothelioma as a result of exposure to asbestos.  County Durham County Council said the man made his claim with the help of MacMillan Cancer Support, using a new piece of government legislation, the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act.Under the new legislation mesothelioma sufferers can claim amounts ranging from £8,197 to £52,772… read more

If ever a reminder was needed of the damaging impact exposure to asbestos has had on industrial workers in the UK, it came in the form of new research published in the British Journal of Cancer recently.  Funded by Cancer Research UK and the Health and Safety Executive, the largest global study of its kind into the affects of asbestos exposure found that in some professions, such as carpentry, up… read more

The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, APIL, along with support groups representing sufferers of asbestos related diseases, has called on the government to establish a compulsory national database of employers’ liability insurance policies.  The database is seen as the solution to the problem of tracing the relevant insurers when making a claim for industrial disease compensation.   Over the years, thousands of industrial disease sufferers have been unable to make a… read more

The government has announced it is scrapping a controversial plan to deduct compensation paid out to former employees of a car parts manufacturer who developed asbestos related diseases after being exposed at work.   Ex-workers at Turner & Newell, an American owned company with several factories in Britain, faced having some of their compensation taken off them by the government, as they already received compensation from a fund set up by… read more