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By Kim Harrison in Pannone Personal Injury Team on Thursday, June 24, 2010
Last Friday I attended a course run by the Merseyside Asbestos Victims Support Group which is a charity helping victims of asbestos related diseases such as mesothelioma. The first speaker was Michael Lees, who is part of the Asbestos In Schools campaign formed in 2009. Michael's... read more
By Kim Harrison in Industrial Disease Claims on Tuesday, April 13, 2010
In my last blog I wrote about the death of Malcolm McLaren, former Sex Pistols manager from mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the lungs almost always caused by exposure to asbestos. What I didn’t know at that point was where Malcolm could have been exposed to asbestos. In today’s... read more
By Kim Harrison in Industrial Disease Claims on Friday, February 12, 2010
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
By Kim Harrison in Industrial Disease Claims on Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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
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 into a person’s lung. Such fibres can cause lung disease, which can often be fatal or... read more
By Kim Harrison in Industrial Disease Claims on Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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
By Kim Harrison in Industrial Disease Claims on Thursday, June 25, 2009
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
By Kim Harrison in Industrial Disease Claims on Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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
By Kim Harrison in Industrial Disease Claims on Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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
By Kim Harrison in Industrial Disease Claims on Wednesday, April 22, 2009
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
