Overview of file locations in the OEDA office, 28 February 2007.
Correspondence (including telephone memoranda), notes and papers. In alphabetical order by name of the enquirer (affected individual, family member, social worker, asbestos activist, organisation) or name mentioned in press coverage.
Contains both detailed medical and legal information, and ephemera including Christmas cards and correspondence relating to donations. Includes copies of death certificates. Also photocopies of literature sent.
Press coverage, January to May 2007, plus one stray item from November 2007. In reverse chronological order. Some of the original cuttings mounted.
Mainly on asbestos but also covers other themes.
Press coverage, January to December 2006. In reverse chronological order. Some of the original cuttings mounted.
Mainly on asbestos but also covers other themes.
Outgoing correspondence, January to September 2006, in reverse chronological order.
Correspondence and papers re Shaw’s parachute jump 2006, to raise funds for OEDA.
Personal injury lawyer Andrew Shaw of Higgs & Son Solicitors served on the OEDA Management Committee 2005-2007.
Annotated copies of Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation debate the 'Draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2006', 9 February 2006.
Correspondence chiefly re British Lung Foundation's (BLF) Action Mesothelioma Day, 2006 and 2007. Includes invitation to the parliamentary reception. Also copy of the government petition 'Action mesothelioma charter', 2006.
Correspondence and papers re a conference on asbestos lung cancer organised by Ruth Davies of John Pickering & Partners, Manchester University, 14 March 2006. Includes:
- correspondence and papers re Nancy Tait's presentation on the history and statistics of asbestos-related lung cancer, the current regulations, and problems
- draft copy of the presentation and copies of slides of her earlier presentations at Greater Manchester Hazards Centre and Greater Manchester Asbestos Victims Support Group (GMAVSG)
- agenda, list of attendees, index of speakers
- papers by Dr Robin Rudd, Dr Leslie Davidson, Frank Burton QC, R L Whittaker (coroner), Liz Darlison (nurse consultant at Mesothelioma UK), Peter Deary (forensic scientist)
Conference papers, originally comb-bound, and invitation for Nancy Tait to attend. It remains open whether she did so.
Speakers included
- Francis McCarthy (Pattison & Brewer): asbestos - an introduction
- Dr Robin Rudd (St Batholomew's Hospital): asbestos-related diseases
- Chris Bishop (Asbestos Removal Contractors Association (ARCA)): asbestos in the workplace
- Paul Meehan (Pattison & Brewer): control of asbestos regulations 2006
Correspondence with Andy Shaw of Higgs & Sons, solicitors, re his reelection to the OEDA Management Committee, Turner & Newall being placed in administration, etc. Includes
- information pack on the Turner & Newall Scheme Trust Fund, 2006
- copy of judgement in Rothwell v. Chemical & Insulating Co Ltd and another, Court of Appeal, Queen's Bench Division (26 January 2006); a pleural plaque case
Personal injury lawyer Andrew Shaw of Higgs & Son Solicitors served on the OEDA Management Committee 2005-2007.
Outgoing correspondence, October 2006 to November 2007, in reverse chronological order.
Correspondence and papers re application for a £1,000 grant from the Gannett Foundation, to cover the cost of OEDA's photocopier and service contract.
Emails on asbestos news from Mick Holder, July-August 2006.
Correspondence, in reverse chronological order. Nearly all of it email and email attachments.