This blog is produced by members of the Personal Injury department at Pannone LLP, a full service law firm based in Manchester city centre. Our Personal Injury Team is the top-rated team in the North West in Chambers Legal Directory. We undertake the full spectrum of personal injury work, from road traffic accidents to industrial disease cases; from travel and tourism litigation to catastrophic injury claims involving serious head, spinal and amputation injuries; from police assault and child abuse cases to group actions arising from major disasters.
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By Kim Harrison in Pannone Personal Injury Team on Thursday, July 15, 2010
As a lawyer who specialises in obtaining compensation for workers who have contracted asbestos related diseases such as mesothelioma and asbestosis I like to think I know quite a bit about asbestos and it’s use. However I was shocked and quite frankly stunned to hear at the last conference I... read more
By Kim Harrison in Industrial Disease Claims on Monday, July 5, 2010
On Friday 2nd July it was Action Mesothelioma Day across the country and I am proud to say staff from Pannone LLP attended and supported events in Manchester, Liverpool and Barrow organised by asbestos victim support groups in those places. The idea of the day is to raise awareness of... read more
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 Thursday, March 11, 2010
As a personal injury solicitor who specialises in asbestos related disease claims I am used to people misunderstanding and belittling what I do. The popular press has made sure that personal injury lawyers like me aren’t popular people. But even I was angry and shocked to read Ann... read more
By Kim Harrison in Industrial Disease Claims on Friday, February 26, 2010
Jack Straw finally announced the government’s response to the consultation they launched back in 2008 to consider whether to reverse the House of Lord’s decision to make pleural plaques a compensatable condition again. The government have decided not to change the law but have proposed... 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, January 26, 2010
I read with interest in the Independent on Sunday that the Government is to present a £70m package of help for asbestos victims to trade unions this week. The proposals include setting up a research centre into asbestos-linked diseases; insisting insurers fund compensation for dying victims... 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 Monday, November 30, 2009
Readers of my blog interested in the campaign led by Asbestos Victims Support Groups and APIL amongst others to establish an insurance fund of last resort for victims of asbestos related diseases such as mesothelioma should listen to this episode of the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme from minute... 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
