Mesothelioma Claims: What is reasonable?

Ropewalk Chambers | Personal Injury Law Journal | October 2017 #159
Philip Turton examines Bussey, Williams and the problem of low-level asbestos exposure ‘It has been the period from 1965 to 1976 which has presented as the area of battle as to what, if anything, constituted “acceptable” or “reasonable” exposure at the time.’ If, as seems likely, the recent decision in Bussey v Anglia Heating [2017] …

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Mesothelioma: Rex, asbestos and the de minimis rule

2 Temple Gardens | Personal Injury Law Journal | February 2016 #142
John McDonald discusses what is meant by a material increase in risk after exposure to asbestos ‘The issue of what is de minimis is a question of fact for determination by the trial judge, rather than purely a matter of medical evidence.’Many of you will know the limerick which goes as follows: There was a …

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