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Turner Brothers Asbestos Site in Rochdale Continues to Cause Concern for Residents.
24 Jan 2018, 5:38 p.m.
Even though the site at Rochdale has long since been closed and the manufacture of any asbestos containing products stopped in the 1990’s, the legacy of the Turner Brothers Asbestos factory in Rochdale continues to cause fear for residents who worry about the amount of asbestos left on site and …
read moreAsbestos Law Partnership - Autumn 2017 Newsletter.
25 Sep 2017, 3:21 p.m.
The Asbestos Law Partnership LLP's Autumn 2017 Newsletter ALP Review is now online. Click this link to open a PDF version ALP Review Autumn 2017 Newsletter
Inside this edition:-
- HSE statisics underestimate mesothelioma deaths - interview with Robin Howie
- 35 Years Since The Alice A Fight For Life Documentary was …
Mesothelioma - Complimentary therapies
28 Apr 2017, 3:28 p.m.
Coping with a mesothelioma diagnosis, whether you are the sufferer or the carer or family member of one, can be an overpowering life event.
Being told that you have mesothelioma is devastating enough and then having to understand and deal with treatments or lack of treatments, side effects of treatments …
read moreAsbestos Analyst Guilty of Falsifying Asbestos Tests
30 Mar 2017, 2:24 p.m.
An asbestos analyst, Barrie Lyons, has pleaded guilty to breaching the Health And Safety At Work Act 1974 after he falsified test results which put people at risk of being exposed to asbestos.
Exposure to asbestos fibres and dust puts people at risk of developing asbestos related conditions including mesothelioma, …
read moreBury Demolition Contractor Jailed Over Asbestos Exposure.
30 Mar 2017, 1:49 p.m.
David Briggs of Briggs Demolition has been sent to prison for 24 weeks by Manchester Magistrates in January 2017 after he pleaded guilty to breaching The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. He had illegally removed asbestos from a building site …
read moreTurner and Newall Asbestos Update.
30 Mar 2017, 1:41 p.m.
The T & N Asbestos Trustee Company Limited was established to administer payments from the T & N Employers Liability Trust and the T & N UK Asbestos Trust. These trusts make payments to people who have been exposed to asbestos fibres by one of the Turner and Newall Companies …
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