Monthly Archives: December 2011

The Ministry of Defence is governed by Health and Safety laws in almost exactly the same way as any other employer. This means that the MOD must comply with the control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 and their predecessor the Noise at Work Regulations 1989 and must not negligently expose forces personnel to excessive noise capable of damaging hearing and causing other noise induced conditions such…

Malignant mesothelioma is a rare but fatal cancer. Dominic Hemsi in our Manchester office is recognised as a specialist in this area of Industrial Disease.  It has a latency period after initial exposure to asbestos of approximately 30 years; the median survival rate following diagnosis is between 9 – 12 months. A conservative global estimate of mesothelioma suffers stands at 43,000 with 10,000…

The sad news that Fusilier James Wilkinson, 21, from Bury, has been killed in a military training exercise in Kenya is a reminder of the dangers of preparing for battle. Kenya is an unusual location and whilst we have done military air crashes there, it is more usual for training and exercise negligent discharge cases to take place at location like in BATUS in Canada. We are currently dealing…