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Correspondence and papers re compensation / industrial disablement benefits claims for pleural plaques.

Papers include press coverage, scientific papers, case information, also copy of judgement Grieves v. F T Everard & Sons (2005). Includes feedback on Nancy Tait's latest pleural placques note, given to solicitors at John Pickering & Partners, 2005.

Correspondence and papers, among them press coverage re Prof. John Bridle (considered Britain's leading practical expert on asbestos), Asbestos Watchdog (the company set up by Bridle to give honest advice on asbestos), and scientist Dr John Hoskins, whose views on asbestos received support through Christopher Bookers articles.

Includes

• background research on Lord Black of Crossharbour who put together the Hollinger group, which owned the Daily Telegraph
• copy of draft proposal (by the Health & Safety Commission) for a domestic ban on asbestos, 1999

• copy of ‘UK asbestos – the definitive guide’ (2004), produced by a working party under chairmanship of Julian Lowe of Norwich Union
• Nancy Tait's notes on the text and correspondence with Rodney Nelson Jones of Field Fisher Waterhouse

The guide discusses the estimated future cost to the UK insurance industry of asbestos-related claims (£4-£10 billion), November 2004. Nelson-Jones suspected that the insurance industry exaggerated these costs.

Press coverage, January to December 2004. In reverse chronological order. Some of the original cuttings mounted.

Mainly on asbestos but also covers other themes, among them the health threats posed by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Includes press coverage on OEDA celebrating its 25th anniversary in April 2004.

Correspondence and papers re the HSE press launch on new legal duties to manage asbestos, arising from regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations (CAWR) 2002 coming into force in May 2004.

Outgoing correspondence, January to 19 April 2004, in reverse chronological order.

Outgoing correspondence, 20 April to 30 September 2004, in reverse chronological order.

Outgoing correspondence, October 2004 to April 2005, in reverse chronological order.

Email from Laurie Kazan-Allen, taking issue with the fact that the law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse is so prominently displayed on the website of Bart's Mesothelioma Research. Includes printouts of the website.

Correspondence and papers re application for a £30,000 grant from the Freemason's Grand Charity, to recruit an executive director responsible for day to day management of OEDA and leading on fund raising.

Photocopy of faxed application for National Lottery Helping Hands award 2004, press article.

It is uncertain what the outcome of this application was.

Correspondence and papers re an OEDA leaflet sponsored by IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) and by Sypol Noise & Pollution Consultants Ltd.

OEDA awareness leaflet "Asbestos in your home" was designed to alert builders, electricians, plumbers, engineers, DIYers and anyone working in houses to the potential dangers of asbestos in buildings. It includes simple advice on steps to protect oneself, statistics on asbestos related cancer deaths, and information on obtaining industrial injuries benefits and compensation.

Correspondence.

The Communication Workers Union alone purchased 5000 copies of "Asbestos in your home", reporting in its 'Letter to branches' (8 March 2007) that "demand for the leaflet has been such that additional print runs had to be organised by OEDA ...".

Correspondence and papers re application for a Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) Critical Assistance Fund award, to cover the shortfall arising from termination of funding through the London Borough Grants Scheme. Instead of the funds to cover the shortfall, OEDA received a grant for a two day diagnostic to review the organisation's needs. Includes a copy of the diagnostic report.

Correspondence and papers re grant from the Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation, for a project to continue to provide OEDA's electron microscope (EM) facility.

OEDA applied for £ 30,000 to be used over a three-year period.