Members of Ropewalk Chambers have appeared in numerous cases at the forefront of industrial disease claims, particularly in relation to causation and limitation.
Our experience encompasses, amongst other conditions, asbestos induced diseases; asthma (colophony, enzymes, flour, grain, isocyanates, latex); beat knee; bladder cancer; chronic obstructive airways disease; deafness; dermatitis; hand arm vibration syndrome; latex allergies; lung diseases (emphysema, farmer's lung, welder’s lung etc.); mesothelioma; organophosphate exposure; poisoning (carbon monoxide, chemical, mercury etc.); pneumoconiosis; radiation; respiratory disease; silicosis; solvents; stress at work and vibration white finger.
Over the years, individual members have appeared in some of the United Kingdom’s largest contribution claims arising from industrial diseases.
Group Newsletters
Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Newsletter, issue #1, featuring:
"Admissions of Liability" - Jinder Boora
"Badger v Ministry of Defence - A Commentary - Simon Gash
"RIP - The Last Rites for Walkley" - Richard Gregory
"Apportionment of Damages in Vibration White Finger Cases" - Philip Turton
"Accidents on the Highway - Is Negligence Dead?" - Jonathan Mitchell
"The 6th Edition of the Ogden Tables" - Jason Cox
"Significant Injury - The End for the McCafferty Test" - Philip Turton
"Discount Rates and the Indexation of Periodical Payments" - Jonathan Owen
