Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:49:26 +0100

From: Hector MacQueen

Subject: Asbestos compensation

Will Barker be over-turned? Blair's words are a bit more cautious, conditional, iffy, than over-turn. How would you draft legislation on causation without upsetting the whole tort applecart? Isn't it more likely to be some special compensation deal for mesothelioma victims?

And might not the insurers have something to say about it?

Hector

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Quoting Richard Lewis:

Dear all,

Asbestos compensation update

On returning to the UK from the conference I discover that Tony Blair is to overturn the effect of the Lords decision in Barker.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5074886.stm

I have heard independently that the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers is hopeful of securing this legislation. Will it happen?? So much for the politics of tort ??

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