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High Court rules that the principles of the Mesothelioma Act are unlawful
Government plans to deduct legal fees from the damages paid to people dying from asbestos exposure are unlawful, the High Court has ruled. The Asbestos Victims’ Support Groups [..]
Asbestos: The killer that still surrounds us
Article by Harry De Quetteville Andrew Lawson was the kind of man whose force of personality could shake things up, even in a gargantuan organisation like the NHS. [..]
Hove based asbestos removal firm prosecuted after flouting asbestos laws
A Hove-based firm has been fined after it flouted asbestos regulations and removed some of the dangerous material just three weeks after being refused a licence to carry [..]
Widow of former Plymouth dockyard worker who died from asbestos-related cancer appeals for information
THE heartbroken widow of a former dockyard worker who died from an asbestos-related cancer is appealing to his former colleagues to help with an investigation into his exposure [..]
Custodial sentence given for exposing workers to asbestos
Two Stoke-on-Trent brothers with little or no experience of building and construction work have been given prison sentences after they exposed workers to asbestos. At least seven workers [..]
NHS Trust in court after workers potentially exposed to asbestos
An NHS Trust has been fined after it was found likely to have exposed workers to potentially fatal asbestos material for more than a decade at its three [..]
Directors and two firms fined for asbestos failures
A Hartlepool firm and two of its directors have been fined along with a second company after redundant steel work was removed, putting workers at risk of exposure [..]
Asbestos removal may not have ‘fully complied’ with asbestos regulation says Mid Devon Council
Building work at Devon flats may have exposed residents to asbestos, it is feared. People living at Brays Close in Crediton fear the work exposed one of the [..]
Man wins £275k for asbestos exposure at Devon School
A man who claims he developed terminal cancer after being exposed to asbestos while a schoolboy in Devon has been given a council payout of £275,000. Chris Wallace, [..]
Asbestos problems found at 20 independent schools
Twenty schools have received improvement notices from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) because of their inadequate control of asbestos hazards. The HSE undertook a schools inspection programme [..]
