Archive for the ‘Asbestos Legal News’ Category
National Recognition for WE Solicitors
WE Solicitors has met the strict criteria set out by APIL (Association of Personal Injury Lawyers) to gain corporate accreditation status. The firm can now display the APIL logo as a mark of its expertise and dedication to finding justice for people injured through no fault of their own.
Chrysotile (white asbestos), which was commonly used in domestic appliances and building construction throughout the UK until the mid-1980s and, subsequently, banned in more than 40 countries around the world – including all 25 European Union members – still poses a serious risk to vast populations of industrial workers in the developing world.
Exactly four months until the Ministry of Justice launch on August 2nd of the Pleural Plaques Former Claimants Payment Scheme and already there might appear to be cause for concern due to possible confusion over asbestos compensation eligibility on their own website.
Victory for Asbestos Victims
A ruling today in the Supreme Court has upheld a decision to compensate two victims of mesothelioma, an incurable lung cancer, who had been exposed to small amounts of asbestos dust.
Asbestos training for Apprentices
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have launched a scheme aimed at apprentice joiners, electricians, plumbers and other trades to warn of the dangers of asbestos. The scheme involves lectures being delivered at 6 training colleges across Cheshire and Merseyside and is supported by Jean Doyle whose husband died of mesothelioma after he worked as a Joiner all his life.