Asbestos advice, mesothelioma compensation and claims from UK specialist We Solicitors.
Asbestos Awareness And Cement Roofing
Corrugated cement roofing is probably the most common and identifiable form of asbestos, which many property owners and building firms are likely to encounter whenever renovation, removal or demolition work is being carried out.
The introduction of an additional category of “Notifiable Non-Licensable Work” (NNLW) in the updated Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, issued on 6th April, is intended to bring an extra layer of health and safety procedure to the renovation, demolition and disposal of waste building material at a property where any exposure to asbestos is to be prevented.
It is often reported that premises owners and building / demolition firms fail to observe the legal requirements of The Control of Asbestos Regulations when carrying out renovations and the removal of waste materials, which can expose themselves and others to construction materials made from asbestos fibres.
All asbestos materials can pose a deadly health risk! It’s the reason why, in 1985, the UK finally banned the most toxic types of asbestos fibres, i.e. brown (amosite) and crocidolite ( blue) from being widely used in an extensive variety of insulation materials produced for manufacturing, engineering, construction and other industries, such as shipbuilding, railway and car assembly.
Last week’s Supreme Court ruling over Employers Liability Policy Trigger Litigation ended years of anxious delays for the many victims and their families awaiting a decision, which found in favour of their outstanding mesothelioma compensation cases. Among the first of the claims to be looked at within weeks is WESolicitors client, David Mahoney, 52, diagnosed with the fatal incurable mesothelioma cancer in October 2009.