Retired Employee Wins Industrial Disease Compensation From His Employer’s Parent Company

A victim of asbestosis has acquired a hefty compensation after he won an historic case against Cape Plc at the Court of Appeal. The verdict sets a new case law where the parent company can be held responsible if the subsidiary company’s employees suffer due to the company’s negligence. The Court of Appeal, after long […]

Inquest rules that a worker at Portland dockyard died due to exposure to asbestos.

Exposure to asbestos during work is the cause of death of a worker at the Portland dockyard. The inquest ruled that he died due to an industrial disease, which is the technical term signifying death due to exposure to asbestos. John William Harrison who lived in Plaister Lance in Sutton Poyntzworked worked as a carpenter […]