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Increased risk of bladder cancer for painters

Recent article highlights cancer risks for painters and decorators

 

Retired carpenter died of mesothelioma

Insulating materials proved fatal for former carpenter

 

Malcolm McLaren dies from asbestos cancer

Punk music manager Malcolm McLaren has died at the age of 64

 

Claim for terminally ill asbestos patient settles in three months

The family of a man who died of mesothelioma has received £150,000

 

Government announcement to asbestos disease sufferers

Jack Straw has announced proposals for people suffering with asbestos diseases

 

How washing clothes can kill

Carrying out an innocent household task has proved fatal for some people

 

ABI under fire for approach to asbestos victims

The Association of British Insurers has a success rate of only 45% when tracing employer's liability insurers

 

Claim settles following asbestos exposure in the 1980's

Contact with boilers and pipes in the 1980's resulted in mesothelioma

 

Dock worker who loaded asbestos receives damages

Leigh Day secures £40,000 for injured dock worker

 

Rock concert in aid of mesothelioma charities on 12th September

Asbestos charities will benefit from a rock concert in September

 

Barking resident receives compensation for asbestos cancer

Leigh Day secures compensation for former Barking resident who contracted mesothelioma

 

Australian recovers damages for asbestos exposure

A former shipping worker has been awarded damages of more than £100,000

 

Australian asbestosis sufferer wins substantial damages following exposure at a UK shipyard

A shipyard worker has received compensation after contracting asbestosis

 

Rapid recovery of compensation for mesothelioma sufferer

 

Scottish Parliament passes pleural plaques Bill

Daniel Easton, a specialist in asbestos claims at Leigh Day, welcomes new Scottish legislation

 

Two hour exposure to asbestos case settles

Exposure to asbestos for only two hours led to death from mesothelioma years later

 

Action Mesothelioma Day 2009

Lawyers at Leigh Day & Co support Action Mesothelioma Day 2009

 

Six-figure sum for Australian resident asbestosis sufferer

Leigh Day partner Daniel Easton has obtained a substantial settlement for a man living in Australia who has asbestosis

 

Mesothelioma trigger litigation – Victory for asbestos victims

Specialist asbestos lawyers Leigh Day & Co welcomed today's judgment from the High Court

 

1950s exposure to asbestos results in compensation success

Leigh Day & Co win compensation for former labourer who was exposed to asbestos in the 1950s at Cape Asbestos in Barking.

 

Speedy settlement for mesothelioma sufferer

Dan Easton, industrial diseases specialist at law firm Leigh Day & Co, has achieved a substantial settlement for a former charge nurse who is now suffering from mesothelioma.

 

Maidstone resident recovers compensation for asbestos cancer

John Sachs, represented by Daniel Easton of law firm Leigh Day & Co, has received a substantial settlement from his former employer, Farnborough Hospital, after contracting mesothelioma.