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A warehouseman who developed an asbestos-related lung cancer 40 years after first being exposed to it in East London is appealing for former workmates to help his legal fight.
William Howlett, now 67, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in October and believes his illness has been caused by exposure to asbestos while operating forklift trucks in the 1960s, 70s and 80s at book and magazine distributors Gordon & Gotch in Plaistow.
“The atmosphere was really dusty,” he recalls. “People walking through would leave as soon as possible. Bits of asbestos would flake off whenever the walls were brushed up against.”
His lawyer Nick Greaves, an industrial disease specialist at Fenton’s solicitors, hopes to trace three workmates, Ted Morgan who would now be in his 80s and Ken Meakin and John Hobbs—or any staff who can remember the asbestos dust who could help identify the firm’s insurance company.
He said: “Mr Howlett and his wife are naturally devastated. All he did was work diligently and as a result has developed this dreadful illness.
“His family may not get compensation unless we can locate the firm’s former insurers and prove he was exposed to asbestos.”
The law firm is appealing to anyone working between 1964 and 1982 at Gordon & Gotch, which is thought to have changed its name to Dawson, Royle & Willan in 1986.
Source: East London Advertiser
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Venture Housing Association in Liverpool have appointed North West based Pennington Choices to carry out asbestos surveys and testing ready for their Kitchen and Bathroom refurbishment works to begin. The appointed contract is for 66 properties, including flats, houses and bungalows and has begun this month.
This is the 2nd major asbestos contract awarded to Pennington Choices, in the North West, since acquiring Bromley based Invicta Analytical Services in August of last year.
Dr Paul Wright, Head of Asbestos, Invicta, “We are very pleased to have been awarded the contract for the asbestos surveys and testing by Venture Housing, we hope this will be the beginning of a strong partnership with Venture Housing and also help increase our North West asbestos client base.”
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A RETIRED Hampshire police officer facing an early death from an asbestos-linked cancer has settled a compensation bid out of court.
Robert Chegwidden expects to die 22 years earlier than he should have done after developing malignant mesothelioma.
Mr Chegwidden, of Tussledown, School Road, West Wellow, says he was exposed to the lethal material while investigating fires during his police service between 1968 and 1997 while he worked for Hampshire Constabulary.
The 62-year-old also claims to have been exposed to asbestos fibres in 1984-85 when the material was being removed from the police station at the Civic Centre, in Southampton, where he was based.
Source: Daily Echo
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A WIDOW has won £74,000 in compensation after her late husband was exposed to lethal asbestos while at work. George Combe was routinely exposed to the dust while he was an apprentice turner at an engineering firm.
The grandfather, from Whitburn, died aged 69, just four months after doctors told him he had developed the deadly respiratory condition, mesothelioma. Mr Combe’s widow Marjorie said: “It was horrible. He was such a good man and husband.
“In a matter of months he went from being a fit, healthy man, who was still able to work part-time and carry out jobs around the house, to receiving palliative care to help reduce his pain and to make him comfortable.”
Mesothelioma is a fatal cancer of the lung lining. It develops as a result of inhaling asbestos dust but it can take decades to develop. The disease kills almost 2,000 people a year in the UK.
Prior to his death, Mr Combe, who had two daughters, turned to industrial illness specialists at Irwin Mitchell to help secure compensation from his former employers.
After his death Mrs Combe, 69, decided to continue the fight and today said she is relieved to have won for her husband of 46 years.
But she said that the out-of-court settlement would never make up for the family’s loss.
She said: “It is unforgivable that companies like George’s former employer were able to expose their employees to such a dangerous substance. Although it will never bring George back, I am pleased they been made to pay for what they have done to an innocent man who worked for the company.”
Mr Combe worked at John Brown Engineering, on the River Clyde, from 1956 to 1961. He died in 2009 in St Clare’s Hospice, Jarrow.
Roger Maddocks, partner at Irwin Mitchell, worked with Mrs Combe to ensure she has access to the financial security she needs to have as a comfortable future as possible after her husband’s death.
He said: “Unfortunately, this victory has come too late for Mr Combe. He did not work directly with asbestos, but was exposed to substantial levels of the deadly dust when other men in the workshop worked on asbestos lagged equipment, through the workshop’s heating system and also when he would occasionally visit the factory’s shipyard.”
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A Swindon woman has received £95,000 in damages from British Rail after her husband died as a result of exposure to asbestos at work.
Mary Tipping, widow of Charles ‘Jack’ Tipping, who used to live at Queens Avenue, Highworth, died in February last year, aged 91, from mesothelioma. He had worked for the Great Western Railway in Swindon from 1932 – 1965.
The claim was brought by the family’s solicitor, Brigitte Chandler of law firm, Charles Lucas & Marshall and a specialist in asbestos claims. Mr Tipping was exposed to asbestos in a number of shops in the railways.
“Unfortunately there have been many fitters who have worked in these shops who have died as a result of exposure to asbestos cancer,” said Brigitte Chandler. “Sadly, I anticipate there will be many more.
“The illness can develop up to 60 years after exposure. In this case, Mr Tipping would have been exposed to asbestos during his apprenticeship yet did not develop the illness until he was 91. For the people who were exposed to asbestos in the railways, this is something they will have to live with all their life.”
Jack Tipping was the third generation of his family to work at British Rail and all three family members are mentioned in the Railway Museum’s list of past employees. After completing his apprenticeship, Mr Tipping went on to work in several railway sheds where steam pipes were lagged with asbestos and where boilers, covered in thick white asbestos, came in for repair.
He was regularly in contact with boilers, pipes and cylinder which were covered in asbestos.
“When I first started dealing with these claims, British Rail invariably disputed them,” says Brigitte Chandler. “It is now much easier because British Rail tend to accept liability and are aware there is no defence.
“Overall, we anticipate the number of people developing asbestos disease over the next few years will increase due to the import of asbestos into this country in the 50s, 60s and 70s.”
20 December 2010
Note to Editors
Charles Lucas & Marshall is a leading full-service law firm with clients throughout the south of England. It has four offices in Swindon, Newbury, Wantage and Hungerford and advises commercial businesses and private individuals. The firm has a reputation for delivering targeted expertise from specialist solicitors and is a member of several legal associations and professional bodies which are committed to the highest standards of legal advice.
For further information contact Lynne Trenery on 01865 511175.
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Shoppers and staff at a Co-op convenience store were put at risk of being exposed to asbestos following serious health and safety failures.
Bosses at the Co-operative Group Ltd took no immediate action despite being told there was brown asbestos in the ceiling when they took over the shop in Market Square, Royton.
A sub-contractor sent in to fit a fire alarm smashed a hole in one of the asbestos panels with a hammer, Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court was told.
Two female shop workers cleaned up the mess he had made and left the debris in an open bag at the rear of the store for two weeks.
Asbestos debris was found on top of a food cabinet and inside a freezer three months later.
Lisa Judge, prosecuting for Oldham council, said: “Staff and members of the public were potentially exposed to asbestos.”
Co-operative Group Ltd, based in Manchester, admitted one offence under the Health and Safety At Work Act 1974.
SF Fire Protection Services Ltd, the West Yorkshire-based sub-contractor, admitted two offences under the same act.
The court heard asbestos was found in a survey when the shop was owned by United Co-operative stores in 2002.
Co-operative Group Ltd was made aware of the survey when it took over the shop in 2007, but no action was taken, it was said.
The company warned SF Fire Protection Services asbestos was present but failed to tell it the exact location when the alarm was fitted in November that year. Judge Peter Lakin fined the Co-operative £30,000 and ordered it to pay more than £7,360 costs.
He fined SF Fire Protection Services £6,000 for each offence – a total of £12,000. He also ordered the firm to pay more than £7,360 costs.
Judge Lakin said: “The failures by the Co-operative resulted in staff being exposed to asbestos fibres for a three-month period while the remedial work was undertaken.”
A spokeswoman for the Co-operative Group said afterwards it was ‘badly let down’ by its sub-contractor’ and added tests showed asbestos levels were within safe limits. The store is no longer owned by the company.
Source: Manchester Evening News
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As a result of pressure brought to bear here in the North East and lobbying by the TUC Asbestos Support & Campaign Group the government has just decided to change its policy on posthumous pleural plaques claims.
Instead of an outright refusal they are now prepared to make a payment if a pleural plaques sufferer dies after having submitted an application. In appropriate cases the payment will be made to the deceased’s estate. The MOJ website FAQ page has published a clarification on the award of posthumous claims.
Kevin Rowan, Northern TUC Regional Secretary said: ‘It has taken some considerable time and much struggle for pleural plaques victims to persuade government to introduce a compensation scheme for illnesses that have clearly been entirely as a result of their exposure to asbestos, entirely down to their employers’ negligence. For the families of those victims to have been denied those compensation payments where the victim has died before the payment was issued was a clear and insulting injustice.
‘For families in the north east and Cumbria the news that the government are now issuing these payments to the next of kin in these situations is very welcome. It is a terrific achievement for campaign organisations like the Northern TUC Asbestos Campaign Group, working with trade unions and trade union legal services, working on behalf of asbestos victims in the region.’
Source: TUC
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A man who is dying from mesothelioma after exposure to asbestos has won his fight for compensation from BT.
In the 1990s Bernard Mottram, 82, installed telephone lines at a former secret government bunker in Wiltshire.
The 35-acre underground complex at Corsham was equipped during the Cold War in case of nuclear attack.
BT has agreed to make a compensation payment of £115,000 but the firm does not admit there was exposure to asbestos at this time in Corsham.
‘No masks’
Mr Mottram, from Bath, has months left to live.
He said he was not warned he would be working with the fibre or told to take any precautions.
“No masks, nothing like that in them days,” he said.
“Looking back all the time I was on BT I never heard the words asbestos mentioned to be honest.”
In a statement BT said it took its health and safety responsibilities very seriously, providing appropriate training and protection.
“For the purpose of this case BT has agreed to make a compensation payment to Mr Mottram in respect of his mesothelioma,” the statement said.
“The agreement has not been specific to any part of his employment.
“BT does not admit there was any exposure in the 1990s in Corsham.”
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