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Correspondence with Anthony Coombs of John Pickering & Partners LLP, in reverse chronological order. Covers current cases, T&N bankruptcy, Anthony Mendelle as witness on Cape Asbestos in Barking, pleural plaques, OEDA finances. Also includes

• copy of reasons for judgement in Frederick Price v. Powergen plc (1998)
• draft of John Pickering & Partners brochure on asbestos compensation in the UK (1997), written specifically for Australian audiences
• John Pickering & Partners brochures on compensation for personal injury, 1996

For subsequent correspondence with Coombs, see link below.

Correspondence (including telephone memoranda) with Anthony Coombs, in reverse chronological order. Includes

• colour print-out of Coombs’ new website and guide on ‘Mesothelioma compensation’ (c.2005)
• photocopy of conference workbook ‘Mealey’s asbestos liability forum’ 17-18 November 2005

After 25 years with John Pickering & Partners, Coombs set up as an independent solicitor ('Claimant Asbestos Solicitor') in 2005.

Correspondence and papers re the OEDA fundraising and remembrance event ‘Balloon race’, 31 October 1998, which netted £ 239.

Includes colour photographs and draft of the balloon launch order, which featured Nancy Tait, Alan Dalton, Bangladeshi-born British singer Gouri Choudhury, father Fred of St Barnabas Bethnal Green, London. The event took place in Mile End Park opposite St Barnabas, Bethnal Green, London.

Copies of five appeal decisions 2003, won by Nancy Tait "by arguing that cases should be decided on the 'Balance of Probabilities'", with a covering letter to Rodney Nelson-Jones, solicitor.

Also copy of another appeal won in 1994 and copy of an appeal lost, May 2003, and some then current scientific literature on the problematic of fibre counts.

Replies to requests for donations, in alphabetical order. Includes samples of original request, follow up, third and fourth appeal.

Correspondence (chiefly with lawyers) and papers (including news coverage and OEDA updates) re the appeals against the High Court judgement in Fairchild v. Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd, 1 February 2001.

Includes

• student paper (anonymised) ‘Is Fairchild fair?’, 2003
• opinions of the Lords of Appeal, May 2002
• transcripts of proceedings in the House of Lords 7-9 May 2002
• copy of joint medical report on Arthur Eric Fairchild (d.1996) by Dr R M Rudd and Dr J Moore-Gillon, January 2001, and Nancy Tait's observations on it, February 2002
• responses to Nancy Tait's compensation survey among OEDA clients for 2001
• copy of judgement in appeal of Fairchild (et al.), Supreme Court of Judicature, 11 December 2001

Correspondence and papers re Armley, Yorkshire, and the Armley Asbestos Campaign 1992-1994. Includes:

• press coverage 1992-1996
• correspondence with Irene Merrill of Armley Asbestos Campaign, 1994, and further Armley Asbestos Campaign papers
• Leeds Council press pack, June 1994, including findings of Prof. Roger Wiley, who came to the conclusion that asbestos levels at Armley posed a negligible risk
• copy of briefing by Laurie Kazan-Allen on the Armley asbestos situation, 5 July 1993
• copy of environmental report by Wharfedale Environmental Services Ltd (10 August 1992) ‘Comparison of fibre count results on air samples taken in houses from Armley Area of Leeds between optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy’
• copy of Barrie N Barker (1989) ‘The history of Turner & Newall: review of the history of Turner & Newall Plc and Associated Companies; its dealings with asbestosis related diseases and its Employers’ Liability coverage with the Midland Assurance Ltd and other carriers’ (received from Laurie Kazan-Allen, July 1992)
• annotated copy of HSE Guidance Note EH 10 (Asbestos exposure limits etc.)

Photocopies (often marked “master” & “copies”) of articles by Nancy Tait and her colleagues, many of them from the magazine ‘Health and safety at work’ (HSW). Originally in multiple copies. As follows:

• Nancy Tait, ‘A ban on asbestos?’ (‘The construction worker: the paper of the AUEW Construction Section’ vol. 4 No 2, June 1979)
• Nancy Tait, 'Why the asbestos problem remains unresolved' (HSW October 1984, 34-36)
• Nancy Tait, 'Further reasons why the asbestos problem remains unresolved' (HSW November 1984, 76-79)
• Nancy Tait, 'SPAID identifies asbestos-related problems and assists victims and their families' (possible a handout at the Health & Safety at Work conference 1984, rather than a publication in HSW)
• Anon [?Nancy Tait?], 'Mesothelioma victim dies waiting for industrial disablement benefit' (HSW February 1985, 42-44). The victim in question was Ronald Hill of Glasgow, who died 3 June 1983. Mr Hill had worked in construction, among others that of the Red Road Flats, Glasgow, during the 1960s
• Martin Stower, 'Dockworkers land asbestos-related diseases' (HSW April 1985, 36, 38)
• Nancy Tait, 'A case in point' ('The safety representative' August 1985); includes correspondence and draft article
• Anon [?Nancy Tait?], 'Americans dispute Doll/Peto estimate of asbestos risk' (HSW November 1985, 11)
• Anon [?Nancy Tait?], 'White asbestos risk underestimated' (HSW August 1986, 6)
• [incomplete] '... standards of protection' (unidentified magazine, 1987, 25-26)
• Nancy Tait, 'Asbestos still a killer' ('Health visitor' vol. 64 No 1, January 1991, 27)

Correspondence and papers re meeting ‘Asbestos – what next?’, Grand Committee Room, Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament on 20 October 1982. The meeting was sponsored and arranged with SPAID by Nigel Spearing MP, Jack Ashley MP and Alan Clark MP. It focused on prevention (controls to protect workers and the general public) and help (for victims) regarding the threat posed by asbestos in home and environment. These and absence of control limits were issues not addressed by the recent Simpson Committee.

Structured as follows:

• report on the meeting, SPAID discussion paper, list of those invited and signature sheet of those who attended, correspondence with MPs
• correspondence arising from the meeting, October 1982 - January 1983
• correspondence July to October 1982 (prior to the meeting)
• papers c. 1971-1982

Papers and correspondence (including telephone memoranda), chiefly with local resident and activist B Shaufler. Includes copy of Shaufler’s ‘Rough guide to domestic asbestos hazards’ 1997/1998.

Papers and correspondence (including telephone memoranda) re Westminster Council's management of the Elgin Estate (Chantry and Hermes Points), in particular whether the Council took appropriate action in response to information about asbestos at the blocks and complaints from people who lived in them. Includes

• documentation of local campaigning subsequent to the Barratt report (see below), including a discussion between former tenants and Dr Julian Peto, February 1997
• copy of John Barratt (24 January 1996) ‘Report of a documentary review into the use by Westminster Council of Hermes and Chantry Points, Elgin Estate, Westminster, for housing purposes, given the presence of asbestos' ("Barratt Report")
• copies of Westminster Council papers (including minutes), relating to the management of the estate 1983-1991
• copies of 'WECH [Walterton & Elgin Community Homes] News', 1996 and earlier

The Barratt report coincided with a press conference to launch the 'Asbestos hazards handbook', at which Nancy Tait was one of five invited speakers.

Correspondence including telephone memoranda re various inquiries relating to asbestos in housing. Includes press cuttings, reports.

Further includes

• Commission for Local Administration in England (May 1997) ‘Report on an investigation into complaint No 95/A/2081 against London Borough of Tower Hamlets’
• copy Department of the Environment [c.1992] ‘Green rights and responsibilities: a citizen’s guide to the environment'
• minutes of a meeting of the tenants re Bermuda Road flats, Cambridge, 1988