RIDDOR requires employers and others to report specified diseases and incidents to the HSE. The rules were simplified somewhat in 2013. Unli...

The definition, and deciding whether it is met ‘Disability’ is defined in s.6 EqA as follows: There is supplementary detail on the definitio...

The EAT has held that an in situ cancer was automatically a disability within the Equality Act 2010. Cancer is automatically a disability by...

Employers contributing asbestos fibres were held liable, but not jointly and severally for the whole amount of damages since the Compensatio...

Summary This page draws together some material on asbestos-related disease, including mesothelioma. Firstly as regards personal injury claim...