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Those of you who read my blogs will know that I have written on many occasions about the terrible difficulties that victims of asbestos related diseases and cancers such as mesothelioma have in finding who insured their employer at the time they worked there.  That is because asbestos... read more

Last week I blogged that according to the press the government was about to announce a £70 million asbestos package to include setting up an insurance fund of last resort for suffers of the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma and to fund more research into this terrible asbestos cancer. I... read more

I've written the following article for this week's New Law Journal about pleural plaques. Asbestos, which was used extensively in power stations, ship building, house building and other sectors of industry in the 19th and 20th centuries, is made up of microscopic fibres which can be inhaled... read more

On 12th November 2009 I along with Patrick Walsh, Pauline Chandler and Alicia Rendell of Pannone LLP attended the Greater Manchester Asbestos Victims Support Group seminar which had the aim of discussing palliative care provision in Greater Manchester. The seminar was attended by victims of... read more

5 Pannone LLP members of staff will be taking part in day 6 of a 1,200-mile bike ride to raise awareness of ‘the breathtaking scandal of asbestos and the breathtaking damage it has caused.’ The bike ride's aim is to raise awareness that although asbestos is the cause of Britain's... read more

I was alarmed to read an article in the Daily Mirror online dated 15/6/09 which highlighted how urgent action is needed to protect thousands of people from asbestos in their homes. The Mirror reports that nearly 60 MPs signed a motion urging the government to act, after a report warned many... read more

Readers of my blog may remember that in a previous blog I asked people to sign a petition calling for the UK Government to provide dedicated funds for mesothelioma research in a National Centre for Asbestos-Related Disease. What follows is a press release from Merseyside Asbestos Victims... read more

Some of you may have read my blog before the Easter break when I reported that the Scottish Parliament had voted in favour of the re-instatement of pleural plaques as a compensatable injury again by passing The Damages (Asbestos-related conditions) (Scotland) Act which reverses... read more

I know from my work as a personal injury solicitor who specialises in asbestos related disease that we still have a major problem in the UK with asbestos in schools.  However, even I was shocked to read the Daily Mirror’s article claiming that nine out of 10 schools contain asbestos.... read more

Madelene Holdsworth, a specialist asbestos lawyer in the Industrial Disease department at Pannone LLP is pleased to report settlement for a widow whose husband died of asbestos related lung cancer in 2007. Her client’s late husband was employed by Turners Asbestos Cement factory in Trafford... read more