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Correspondence with experts and journalists, July-August 2006, re Y Suzuki & S R Yuen (2001) ‘Asbestos tissue burden study on human malignant mesothelioma’. Nancy Tait attempted to establish why the study appeared to have been ignored by asbestos ban advocates. The background were news reports in the summer of 2006, responding to the Labour government's U-turn on its controversial scheme to force home sellers to produce home information packs (HIPs).

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 with John Pickering & Partners LLP, organised by topic:

• shipping
• compensation (including re compensation bill 2005)
• Cape plc (re group action against the company on behalf of South African miners)
• fibre counts
• the Fairchild judgement
• Association of British Insurers (ABI); includes copy of ABI's ‘Guidelines for apportioning and handling employers liability mesothelioma claims’ (2003)
• restructuring of Zurich Insurance Company
• T&N, including correspondence with the administrators of T&N

• mainly witness statements, arranged alphabetically by name of employer, occasionally also by surname of client or type of business (“dockyard”)
• occasionally particulars of claim

Named employers / insurers include: British Cellophane Ltd, British Insulated Calender Cables (BICC), British Telecommunications plc, Cape plc, Central Insulated Ltd, Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB), Ellistown Colliery, Ford Motor Company, R B Hilton Ltd, Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), North Thames Gas, C A Parsons, Powergen Ltd, Rank Xerox, Redpath Brown, RTZ Estates Ltd, E A & H Sandford (Insulations) Ltd, etc.

Front matter includes guidelines for witness statements (‘Information which solicitors will require from colleagues’).

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)

Mostly papers. Includes copy of 'Construction Safety Campaign news' summer 2006.

Correspondence (including telephone memoranda) chiefly between Maureen Ward and Jack Raeburn of the DTLR/DETR, in the earlier years with Mr D Meredith and Mr T Brownlee at the Department of Employment. Covers orders for forms PWC1, PWC2, etc., discussions on the ‘Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979’, the ‘Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 1991’ and ‘… 1996’, ‘Draft code of practice on tracing employers’ liability insurers: consultative document’ (1999), information on how to calculate mesothelioma payments, etc.

Also a little correspondence and (few) papers re compensation claims from Department of Employment.

DTLR/ DETR = Department for Transport, Local Government & the Regions/Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions.

Correspondence (including telephone memoranda), in alphabetical order by surname of physician, occasionally also by case name. Covers a range of themes yet most extensively current cases.

Includes correspondence with Dr G S Basran of Rotherham General Hospital, including papers from the meeting 'Asbestos related diseases’, Rotherham medical seminars for lawyers, Rotherham General Hospital, 2 February 1996.

Correspondence and papers re production of leaflet ‘Asbestos in your home’, 2005 and 2006. Includes background material, drafts, correspondences with sponsors.

Correspondence (including telephone memoranda) with Citizens Advice Bureaux across the UK. In alphabetical order by place name, from 'Aberconwy' to 'York'.

Instructions on filing, CAB fliers and address list of CABs across the UK at front of file.

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

Information re the foundation of the International Mesothelioma Interest Group (IMIG) and the 2006 IMIG conference. Includes covering letter from Adrian Budgen, conference programme and abstracts.

Correspondence and papers re application for a Department of Health Section 64 grant. The application was for £68,100, spread out over a three year period. The grant was 'for central administrative costs'. Includes a draft of the application.

The application was successful.

S64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 provided power for the Secretary of Health to make grants to voluntary organisations in England whose activities support the Department of Health's policy priorities.

Correspondence with legal scholar Nicholas Wikeley (University of Birmingham) and papers including research papers and press reports. Covers both specific medical appeal cases and legal/regulatory provisions more generally, including Wikeley’s ongoing research.

Further includes a copy of Benefits Agency / Department of Social Security (1994) 'The medical assessment for incapacity benefit'.

Originally contained copies of Wikeley's publications (draft and/or final version). For ease of access, these have been extracted and added to the Wikeley publications elsewhere in the collection; see links below.

Correspondence (mainly with the GMB health & environment section and regional health workers of the union), enquiries, press releases, research articles. Includes

• copy of report of Tom Cox, UK Socialist Group (1998) ‘Dangers of asbestos for workers and the environment’, accepted by the Parliamentary Assembly in the Council of Europe; also set of amendments to the report
• papers re cases of asbestos-related lung cancer in Northern Ireland
• correspondence re John McClean (GMB Regional Health and Safety Officer) joining the OEDA Management Committee in 1995