The decision to pursue a claim for mesothelioma compensation is never easy for a victim or their family. When the results from the specialist arrive, which for example, confirm that the sudden onset of breathlessness or tight chests are asbestosis symptoms, there can...
Least year a deadline was set for schools and academies to submit online, a declaration that their schools are compliant with legislation on the management of asbestos. This was 31st May 2018. Fears remain that thousands of teachers, pupils and other school workers...
More than a quarter (27 per cent) of male mesothelioma cases were born between 1940 and 1965, is one of a number of key findings in a 14 year study supported by Cancer Research UK. The Mesothelioma and Lung Cancer Study (MALCS) – which ran from 1st January 2001...
Nearly 7,000 cases (6,932) of malignant pleural mesothelioma were recorded in England between 2014-16, according to the third report of the National Mesothelioma Audit in the UK, published 21st June 2018. An additional 260 cases of malignant peritoneal (abdominal)...
Since the start of the Industrial Revolution when samples of asbestos were first displayed in London in 1862, across three different centuries innocent British lives continue to be devasted by the use of asbestos. In June 2018, British asbestos victims attended the...