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Outgoing correspondence, May to July 1988, in reverse chronological order.

Papers and correspondence re asbestos contamination at the site of the former asbestos factory J W Roberts Ltd, Armley near Leeds. Includes press coverage, scientific papers, copies of historic sources 1927-1988, among them

• case correspondence 1986-1993 (including death certificates)
• papers and correspondence chiefly with Dr Lorna Arblaster, researcher on an occupational health study around the Armley site; includes
• soft-bound information pack by Arblaster et al. (1992) 'Aspects of mesothelioma'
• copy of I M D Grieve's MD thesis (University of Edinburgh, 1927) on asbestos deaths at the J W Roberts factory at Armley. See also link below.

Correspondence and papers (including press coverage) relating to the administration of global manufacturer of automotive & vehicle safety products Federal Mogul's chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Federal Mogul had acquired the international asbestos manufacturer Turner & Newall in 1998. In 2001, Federal Mogul sought chapter 11 protection in the US and Administration under the Insolvency Act 1986 in the UK.

Correspondence is chiefly with solicitors, also with Greater Manchester Asbestos Victims Support Group (GMAVSG).

Correspondence, chiefly from individuals who were exposed to solvents.

Correspondence and papers.

Solvents as an occupational and environmental health issue entered Nancy Tait's field of vision as early as c.1978, when she attended the International Congress on Occupational Health in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia. The charity gathered information on topic but did not produce a leaflet dedicated to solvents until 1995; see link below.

Papers and correspondence (chiefly with Cliff Poole of Bond Pearce LLP) over Alan Robert Matthews v. Ministry of Defence (MOD). Includes

• correspondence re National Forces Asbestos Outrage petition 2006
• copy of opinions of the Lords of appeal for judgement in Matthews v. Ministry of Defence, February 2003
• copy of judgement Matthews v. Ministry of Defence, High Court of Justice Queens Bench Division, 22 January 2002
• press coverage
  Matthews claimed he had sustained personal injury caused by exposure to asbestos while serving in the Royal Navy 1955-1968. However, until 1987 the Crown enjoyed an immunity under section 10 Crown Proceedings Act 1947 from liability in tort for things done by members of the armed forces and for the nature or condition of land, premises, ships, aircraft or vehicles used for their purposes. The repeal (in 1987) of this provision did not help Matthews because it made tort claims possible only for events after 1987.

Correspondence and papers re policy and regulations covering war pensions, compensation from the Ministry of Defence for asbestos-related diseases, and exemption from inheritance tax in case of death from conditions attributable to war service.

Includes listing of 'Forces cases' with asbestos-related diseases, including diagnosis.

Further includes copies of 'Veterans world: newsletter for all those who serve the ex-Service community', 2006, and press coverage 1982-2006.

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

Fairchild v. Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd is a leading case on causation in English tort law. It concerned malignant mesothelioma and addressed the causation issues arising if there has been exposure by two or more employers, or if there are periods of self-employment where exposure took place.

In February 2001 the High Court ruled that the widow of Arthur Fairchild, who died of mesothelioma in 1996, could not prove which employer Mr Fairchild was working for when he contracted the illness. The decision was upheld by the Court of Appeal in December 2001. In their judgement in May 2002 the House of Lords set aside existing causation principles and imposed liability upon each exposing employer despite the inability of the victim to demonstrate a causal link between exposure and injury.

OEDA often tracked information by subject rather than by current activity or pending matter. In this manner the organisation tended to accumulate data on a range of occupational and environmental health themes.