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Northern TUC welcomes change in asbestos compensation policy
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. Read More
Asbestos Survey – Interserve fined for exposing MoD staff to asbestos
Court fines firm £33k after it failed to follow advice of an asbestos survey at an MoD base
Interserve has been fined £33,000 after a court heard it had potentially exposed Ministry of Defence workers to deadly asbestos fibres.
Its subsidiary Interserve (Defence) Ltd, of Waterloo Road, London, appeared at Oxford Crown Court on 8 September following an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive.
An asbestos survey undertaken in the boiler room at an MoD base in Arncott, Bicester, in early 2005, found that the whole room was considered to be contaminated with asbestos and recommended that access to the room should be restricted until it was removed. Read More