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Background research on companies and their insurers, in alphabetical order chiefly by name of employer or their insurer. Occasionally also by first letter of subject of inquiry (e.g. 'Power stations', 'hair driers', 'printing works'). Includes:

• solicitor’s correspondence, client correspondence, press reports, notes, copies of ‘British asbestos newsletter’ with annotations re cases
• final report by F D Pooley [n.d.] 'Observations on the exposure of gas mark workers at the Boots plant'
• copy of judgement in James Kelly (administrator of the estate of Patrick John Kelly, deceased) v. Smith & Partners Ltd, High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, 2000
• judgement in Rachel Lubbe et al. v. Cape plc, Supreme Court of Judicature, Court of Appeal (Division), 1999
• annotated photocopy of '67th annual report of National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers for [...] 1964'
• advice by Timothy Grice in Brian Jerrard v. Ministry of Defence, 1996
• note on matter of Mr Edward James Patrick Russell v. Post Office, 1992
• copy of opinion of Lord Cameron of Lochbroom in cause Margery Patricia Cook or Rennie v. Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Ltd et al., 1993

• 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 relating to Nancy Tait's campaign to question Dr Kevin Browne's suitability as Medical Officer of the Department of Health and Social Security, whilst serving at the same time as medical consultant for Cape Industries. In reverse chronological order. In Tait's own words (20 September 1994), she had "waged war on Kevin Browne's appointment since 1987". Includes:

• correspondence (in particular with MP Frank Dobson), press statements, newspaper articles, Parliamentary Questions, 1986-1988
• correspondence with Kevin Browne 1983

Further,

• Tait’s notes on chrysotile c.2003, listing of SPAID/OEDA lung cancer cases
• copy of Browne’s presentation ‘Differences in asbestos fibre types’, presented at the International Conference on Chrysotile Asbestos Cement Products, New Delhi, 10-11 November 2003
• correspondence re K Browne 1987-1995, including re his deposition in Chase Manhattan Bank v. T&N plc et al., United States District Court, Southern District of New York [1994]; see link below
• copy of Cape Industry advertisement for a Group Medical Advisor, in British Medical Journal, October 1977
• copies of scientific publications relating to asbestos induced diseases 1977-1994

Correspondence with Members of Parliament, in alphabetical order by surname. With a listing of MPs (dated 2002) at the front of the file.

Covers a wide range of topics including

• Parliamentary Questions (PQs) relating to occupational and environmental health & safety, DHSS/DSS policies, DHSS/DSS procedures, DHSS/DSS leaflets and DHSS/DSS shortcomings
• Dr Kevin Browne's dual role as Cape Asbestos consultant and medical officer at DHSS medical boarding center for respiratory diseases
• constituents who happen to be also be SPAID/OEDA clients

Papers, press clippings, and photographs relating to asbestos in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
Includes:
-brief notes relating to asbestos cases in Barking
-some handwritten research notes about topics such as asbestos found in Barking and waste disposal procedures
-correspondence about Barking cases of asbestos and the Cape factory
-a lot of notes and correspondence about a case of asbestos contaminated soil in Whiting Avenue, 1978
-papers relating to Barking Community Health Council
-correspondence (chiefly with Margaret Sharkey) and telephone memoranda
-press clippings

Correspondence with Anthony Coombs of John Pickering & Partners LLP, in reverse chronological order. Covers current cases, T&N bankruptcy, Anthony Mendelle as witness on Cape Asbestos in Barking, pleural plaques, OEDA finances. Also includes

• copy of reasons for judgement in Frederick Price v. Powergen plc (1998)
• draft of John Pickering & Partners brochure on asbestos compensation in the UK (1997), written specifically for Australian audiences
• John Pickering & Partners brochures on compensation for personal injury, 1996

For subsequent correspondence with Coombs, see link below.

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

• correspondence and papers re Rita Ann Ashdown, mesothelioma victim, who had lived in a Council flat on the Harts Lane Estate in Barking, the former site of a Cape Asbestos factory. Includes particulars of claim Rita Ann Ashdown v. London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, 2002; press coverage 2001-2003
• correspondence and papers re Barbara Ann Mead, d. 2002 of mesothelioma: transcript of coroners proceedings
• correspondence and papers re Barking, 1993-2001, including telephone memoranda, solicitors’ correspondence and press coverage
• copy of a report by Dr Kevin Browne, 25 January 1995, on a recent claim brought against Cape by a Barking resident
• correspondence with Peter Brady, Dublin, 1986, on his own case against Cape, including photocopy of minutes of a meeting of directors of Cape Insulation (Ireland) Ltd, 1977
• SPAID correspondence re Barking 1983-1986
• articles on SPAID‘s work 1984-1985, typescript of case notes Homerton University Hospital, Hackney, from Nancy Tait’s presentation (with Dr V J Harvey), ‘Mesothelioma patients referred to Hackney Hospital – a preliminary report’, Anglo-French Social Medicine conference, Winchester, 1983
• reports (1983) on safety arrangements at Cape Asbestos, Barking, and copies of related records 1956-1968, received through Anthony T Mendelle via litigator Richard Meeran. Including photocopies of Cape Asbestos Barking Factory Annual Report 1961 & 1962, also report on a visit to Cape subsidiary plants in the USA (n.d.). Mendelle was products manager (1956-1960) and production manager (1960-1968) at Cape Asbestos Company Ltd, Barking

Set of industry brochures from Cape Boards and Panels Ltd and Cape Universal Claddings Ltd.

Shows Harts Lane area, Barking.

Correspondence and papers (chiefly papers) relating to the South African law suit against Cape Asbestos.

Includes papers of BAMCWU, the Black Allied Mining and Construction Workers’ Union, which organised workers in the Penge mine in the Sekhukhune District, South Africa. Also includes a photocopy of extract from Union of South Africa, Department of Mines and Industries 'Annual report of the Government Mining Engineer for the calendar year ended 31 December 1915'.

• copy of affidavit of J L Sparkes, consultant to Cape plc and formerly the Company Secretary of Cape plc
• copy of Kevin Browne's discussion of [ ], notably re the grounds for the allegation that Cape should be held responsible for Mr [ ]'s mesothelioma

Correspondence and papers (chiefly papers) relating to the Cape Asbestos Fund. Includes successive proposals 'for a scheme of arrangement in respect of asbestos liabilities’.

• correspondence chiefly with John Todd re how he and his fellow laggers are affected by asbestos and re his awareness raising campaign; also with the TGWU, health and safety experts, the media
• correspondence with Margaret Bain (MP East Dunbartonshire) and John Healey (of Leven, Fife)
• photocopies of John Todd's correspondence with the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), the environmental health department of the city of Glasgow, the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), various newspapers, and the TGWU
• press coverage 1974-1976 and other papers