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GB 249 OEDA/G/4/2
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Proposal of Association of British Insurers (ABI) for voluntary scheme for work-related mesothelioma claims
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- 2002 (Creation)
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1 folder
Paper + 1 floppy disk
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From a ring binder inscribed 'AIB | Insurance Press'
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Correspondence and papers re an ABI-led voluntary scheme for work-related mesothelioma claims (in response to Fairchild judgement being upheld by Court of Appeal in December 2001).
Includes:
- position paper by Anthony Coombs of John Pickering & Partners on UK disease compensation being under threat
- summary of ABI scheme, copy of Nancy Tait's commentary on it, floppy disk presumably containing copy of proposals (marked diamdmp4.doc rnj-2.doc 29/04/02)
- table of press coverage April 2002
Reportedly British Insurers went out of their way to stop the Law Lords from rehearing Fairchild v. Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd, along with Doreen Fox v. Spousal and Edwin Matthews v. The Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers.
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- English