House of Lords asbestos judgment marks significant development

• Author:
• Jessica Burt

On 20 June 2002, the House of Lords judgment was published
in 3 related asbestos industrial disease cases, reported as
Fairchild -v- Glenhaven & Others. The decision represents a
significant change in the law of tort in England and Wales.

For cases where an injured claimant has evidential difficulties
in proving the necessary causal link between the injury
suffered and a breach of duty by more than one former
employer, Fairchild sets a new precedent by making each
of the former employers j... (220 more words)

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