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Speaking in the International Business Times, asbestos campaigner Michael Lees discusses how asbestos in schools is killing a frightening number of teachers. Michael found that since 1980, 291 teachers have died from mesothelioma, a number which has continually risen. Michael believes that asbestos related deaths in teachers in the UK is the highest in…
Writing in the Personal Injury Law Journal Bill Braithwaite QC, a barrister at Exchange Chambers, discussed what he thought were the major trends in personal injury law in 2014. We’ve picked out the key points from his review below and focused on how ASD provide this service to our clients. Advocacy Advocacy refers to…
By Ralph Clark, Specialist Industrial Disease Solicitor at ASD People suffering from mesothelioma received some good news last week when Work and Pensions Minister Lord Freud announced that payments made under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme are to be increased. Under the amended Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme, victims’ compensation will rise from 80% to 100%…
Cenric Clement-Evans discusses the ongoing problem with asbestos in UK schools in an article featured on the APIL website. As a personal injury lawyer, my role is normally to try and help people piece back together their lives after suffering serious injury. Campaigning on the issue of asbestos in schools, though, gives me a rare…
Lucy Boyle discusses the new payment system for victims of asbestos. Since July 2014 The Diffuse Mesothelioma Payments Scheme has made payments to people suffering from mesothelioma. The Diffuse Mesothelioma Payments Scheme was created by the Mesothelioma Act 2014 and is detailed in the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme Regulations 2014 When the scheme was first…
Only a quarter of people who have suffered a personal injury are likely to claim, a new study has revealed. A poll by YouGov found the proportion of injury victims willing to claim had fallen since 2013, when it stood at 29%.Just over a third (35%) who had had an accident or illness, decided not…
A recent paper on asbestos by Dr Philip Barber, Consultant Respiratory Physician, entitled ‘Asbestos Attribution of Mesothelioma and Lung Cancer: Dosage and Probability Consideration,’ highlighted the increased risk people working in certain industries have of contracting mesothelioma and other asbestos related diseases. The paper also stressed the increased risk people exposed to asbestos through close…
Insurers have helped to build a system which allows fraudulent claims, APIL chief executive Deborah Evans told assembled delegates at the Modern Claims Conference in London this week. “If you give people money without having to see a doctor it will encourage fraud,” she said. Deborah took part in a panel debate alongside James Dalton…
Poor lighting is a factor in many falls at work, this can be caused either by lack of lighting or if the lighting is not properly maintained. Recently the problem of poorly maintained lighting at an Amazon warehouse in Swansea was exposed in the BBC TV programme Panorama which, using undercover cameras, reported that the…
In a road traffic accident, where a Claimant fails to wear a seatbelt, an insurer will almost always seek to deduct 25% from the compensation claim. In reality it is not as straightforward as an insurer would have you believe. Firstly the burden of proving the deduction rests firmly with the opponent. Secondly the standard…