Raising Awareness for Asbestos Cancer and Mesothelioma

Friday, 2nd July 2010 was Action Mesothelioma Day. This is an annual event supported by the British Lung Foundation to raise awareness of the deadly asbestos cancer, mesothelioma, which continues to rise in incidence.

Members of our Industrial Disease Department organised an event in Chester City Centre to help raise awareness of asbestos in the home to assist in making the public more asbestos aware.

Macmillan Fundraising on the River Dee!

On Sunday, 13th June 2010, Oliver and Co Solicitors took part in the Chester Dragon Boat Festival.

Participation in the event was arranged by the Industrial Disease Department who specialise in dealing with asbestos disease claims, including claims for pleural thickening, asbestosis and mesothelioma. The department works in conjunction with Macmillan Cancer Support, raising money throughout the year from events and donations from costs.

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Claims against Non Employers

Asbestos disease claims including those for mesothelioma, are usually brought against the employer who has exposed its employee to asbestos. It is accepted law that an employer owes its employee a duty of care to take reasonable care for his wellbeing. For this reason most asbestos claims are brought against an employer.

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Oliver & Co participates in International Workers Memorial Day

Wednesday 28 April 2010 is International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD). This is a national day of remembrance, not just in the UK, but for many other countries across the world.

At 12 noon on 28 April 2010, Oliver & Co will take part in a minute’s silence. During that minute we will remember those workers and their relatives whom have been injured, made ill, or killed by their work. Many of these workers and their families are clients of our personal injury and industrial disease departments. In participating in the one minute silence, Oliver & Co vow to ‘Remember the Dead, Fight for the Living’, the slogan for the day.

Pleural Plaques Decision

In February 2010, the government reached its long awaited decision on whether to award those with pleural plaques compensation. It concluded that this would no longer be paid.

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HSE Case Control Study on Mesothelioma Risks in Britain (2009)

A study was published in 2009 claims the death rate from mesothelioma in the UK is the highest in the world.  The study obtained lifetime occupational and residential histories from 622 mesothelioma patients, of whom 512 were men and 110 were women, and 1420 population controls. 

Mesothelioma Claim - Must I sue all Defendants?

Mesothelioma is said to be, in legal terms, an indivisible disease.  In practical terms what this means is that it cannot be proven which of a number of Defendants who have exposed a Claimant to asbestos are responsible for the onset of the mesothelioma; however, the law states that any Defendant which can be proven to have exposed the Claimant to asbestos will be held responsible for 100% of the damages. 

Elusive Insurers and Pleural Plaques Update

Recent Developments in Mesothelioma Claims