File 2 - Employer-lawsuit register

Identity area

Reference code

GB 249 OEDA/B/2/3/2

Title

Employer-lawsuit register

Date(s)

  • 1959-1965, c.1989-2007 (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

3 folders
Paper

Context area

Archival history

From a lever arch file inscribed 'Employers | Co information'

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Tables of compensation suits aggregated by employer, in alphabetical order (by name of employer). Capturing employer’s name, previous names, address, still trading yes/no, insurer’s name and address, followed by a table capturing case name, age, address, alive/dead, solicitor’s name, and compensation paid.

Further includes

  • correspondence chiefly with solicitors asking for employer information, occasionally photocopies of employer index cards (possibly the previous filing system?)
  • lists of case names compiled by disease with cross reference to case number
  • photocopies from literature on 'Substances used by plumbers obtained for Murray case' and re sprayed asbestos and other asbestos news in the magazine 'Insulation review', 1959-1965 etc.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Restricted in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

    Script of material

      Language and script notes

      Physical characteristics and technical requirements

      Finding aids

      Allied materials area

      Existence and location of originals

      Existence and location of copies

      Related units of description

      Related descriptions

      Notes area

      Alternative identifier(s)

      Access points

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Name access points

      Genre access points

      Description identifier

      Institution identifier

      Language(s)

      • English

      Script(s)

        Sources

        Accession area