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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

Readers of my blog will know that as well as waiting for the government to make an announcement on pleural plaques, Labour MP Andrew Dismore has 2 bills going through the commons at present which are private members bills.  Both bills were debated last Friday. The first, the Damages (... 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

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

I read with interest in The Telegraph  that both Esso and Nestle have recently had to make big payouts to victims of the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma and their families.  Esso has apparently just paid out £300,000 to one family after their family member died after working... read more

Last month my dad had a malignant mole removed from his head.  Thankfully the doctors have told him it should be ok now as long as he covers his head and uses plenty of sun cream.  It was a shock to me for a close member of my family to have been affected by sun exposure and my dad is... read more

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

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

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 have recently been instructed by a client who went to a high street nail salon to have her nails done for a 50th birthday treat.  Within minutes of leaving the nail bar her hands started to itch and by the morning they were swollen and the skin was burnt and damaged.  It took 6... read more