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By Kim Harrison in Industrial Disease Claims on Wednesday, August 18, 2010
As a solicitor who specialises in industrial disease cases such as mesothelioma and asbestosis I know what invaluable work hospices do to care for cancer sufferers and their families. Therefore I was very pleased to read about a landmark claim recently in the news, reported in the... read more
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 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 Monday, February 22, 2010
Della Sabin of Wigan finally has justice after being awarded £100,000 following the death of her husband Leslie from asbestosis, represented by Pauline Chandler, Partner at Pannone LLP who specialises in asbestos related disease claims. The case is reported in the Manchester Evening News... 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 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
As a specialist asbestos lawyer dealing with compensation claims for victims of asbestos related diseases such as asbestosis and mesothelioma, which is a cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, I was stunned to read that officials at the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have upheld one... read more
By Kim Harrison in Industrial Disease Claims on Thursday, July 2, 2009
I am sure lots of us office workers have been sat sweltering this week in the heatwave wishing we could be outside enjoying the sunshine rather than sweating in our office suits. However spare a thought for sufferers of lung conditions or cancers such as mesothelioma, asbestosis, pleural... 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
By Kim Harrison in Pannone Personal Injury Team on Monday, March 23, 2009
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
