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Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd and others [2002] IRLR 533 HL (6 other reports)
- Case round-up
  
  Date:
  
  1 September 2002
  
  Our resident experts at Pinsent Curtis Biddle bring you a comprehensive update on all the latest decisions that could affect your organisation, and advice on what to do about them.
- Employer's liability: Successive employers were jointly liable for materially increasing risk of employees' disease
  
  Date:
  
  1 August 2002
  
  In Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd and others, and related cases, the House of Lords holds that, where it is established that successive employers had each failed in their duty of care to protect an employee from contracting a disease during his or her employment with them, but it cannot be proved which particular employment had caused the damage complained of, each employer could be held liable in damages for the breach.
- House of Lords victory for asbestosis victims
  
  Date:
  
  8 July 2002
  
  The House of Lords has overturned the Court of Appeal decision last December in the test cases of Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd and related cases.
- When the dust settles
  
  Date:
  
  1 July 2002
  
  The Law Lords have re-opened the door to compensation claims for asbestos-related disease. But how far-reaching will the ruling be?
- Legal casebook: Causation and asbestos
  
  Date:
  
  1 July 2002
  
  An explanation of employers' liability in cases of employee illnesses contracted through exposure to asbestos.
- House of Lords averts major asbestos "injustice"
  
  Date:
  
  1 June 2002
  
  The House of Lords has reversed what the Court of Appeal called a "major injustice" to mesothelioma victims. The ruling, on 16 May, means that victims of this fatal asbestos-induced disease are, after all, eligible for compensation from their former employers.

Earlier reports that the floodgates for litigation would open following the Law Lords' ruling on victims of mesothelioma may well prove to have been exaggerated.

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