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Excerpts from 'Hansard' and typescript Parliamentary Questions, usually annotated and/or marked.

Originally in multiple duplicates.

Copies of judgements, legal opinions, advice on liability, occasionally dependancy schedules, affidavits, particulars of claim (including clinical information), skeleton arguments in preparation of a case, witness statements, transcripts of proceedings and press coverage. In alphabetical order.

• front matter includes list of settlements (asbestos related, asthma, Berylium related) as well as summaries of selected judgements 1961-1984
• occasional notes suggest that SPAID/OEDA supplied copies of judgements for a fee

Copies of Field Fisher Waterhouse's 'Asbestos news', 1999-2007 (incomplete set).

Copies of Irwin Mitchell’s ‘IMpulse: the personal injury review’ 1996-2007, incomplete set. Some copies marked.

Annotated copies of the Rowley Ashworth Solicitors’ 'Bulletin RA', 2000-2007.

Incomplete set.

Case register arranged alphabetically by surname with columns for name/address/disease. In address field, date of SPAID-contact. No case numbers.

Further includes a ‘Special interest’ section containing:

• list of British ships (25 October 1994), alphabetized by last name
• (partial) list (case-numbered) of ?mesothelioma? cases, with information on settlement, press coverage; some aggregated by ‘short exposures’, ‘special interest’
• press items, list of MRSA sufferers, list lung cancer cases, bronchiectasis, cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis etc.

Further includes

• list of overseas cases 1988-2007, in chronological order
• medical reports by Dr R M Rudd, 2000

Mrs J Bryant was a long-serving member of staff.

Pleural plaque cases from 2004, in alphabetical order (by name of patient).

Includes list of OEDA clients marked 'Pleural plaques notes sent 2005, 2006, 2007' (at front of file). The remainder is mainly information requests from individuals affected by pleural plaques (including from Germany), press coverage naming pleural plaques sufferers, solicitors' correspondence.

At the time a pleural plaque compensation claim (in England and Wales) had to be brought within 3 years from the date of diagnosis (OEDA pleural plaques note, 8 March 2006).

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.

'Daily hazard' (May 2001) considered 'Asbestos facts' "a ‘must have’ for all advice workers, safety reps and trade union officers who are involved with this deadly dust. In addition to information about early use of asbestos and some important dates when evidence emerged of disease, it gives an extremely clear guide to the obstacle course involved in making both DSS and civil claims. The many illustrations tell much of the story: pictures of diseased lungs, electron micrographs of fibres, early use, damaged asbestos in buildings and machinery. Also of workers using air-line respirators and full protective gear in 1978. The section on DSS benefits explains key aspects of the process. It supplements official forms by important pieces of extra information. There are checklists, question and answers for DIYers and home owners. It urges self-employed workers to apply if they were exposed as an apprentice because DSS should count this as paid employment. It explains the workings of the new Community Legal Service Fund. It has four pages aimed at bereaved relatives explaining exactly why the post mortem is so vital and hoping it will ease the pain and bitterness many feel. This short pamphlet really does reflect thirty years experience."

Correspondence, in reverse chronological order, covering a wide range of topics including

• constituents' industrial injuries and their problems in claiming compensation
• the OEDA newsletter
• upcoming conferences
• the campaign to ban asbestos
• the state of death reporting
• statistics on industrial injuries benefits and asbestos-related disease
• pneumoconiosis medical panels ignoring recent research and not doing their job properly
• European regulations on the prevention of environmental pollution by asbestos

Correspondence re the Tyneside Hazards Group / the 'Tyneside occupational health pilot project'. Correspondence (including telephone memoranda) is chiefly with William (Bill) Lawrence and includes press coverage, conference information, and some case information.