Victory for asbestos exposure victims as decision to deduct legal fees from damages overruled
Asbestos Victims’ Support Groups Forum UK victorious in case against government decision to deduct legal fees from mesothelioma victims’ damages
Asbestos victims must get higher compensation payouts, say Manchester law firm ahead of Parliament debate
Irwin Mitchell call for victims to receive 80% of payout
Supervisor prosecuted after workers exposed to deadly asbestos while clearing out Trafford College
The workers were removing asbestos at Trafford College
Ferocious blaze at old asbestos factory tackled by 50 firefighters – Rochdale residents urged to keep windows shut
Factory blaze started at around 2.45am today
Greater Manchester firms fined after workers at Bolton mill exposed to potentially deadly asbestos fibres
Asbestos is biggest single cause of work-related deaths in the UK.
Manchester MP Kate Green’s bid to save legal aid for asbestos victims fails
Manchester MP Kate Green has failed in her bid to stop the government removing access to legal aid for asbestos victims.
Asbestos in schools is a ‘ticking time bomb’
Asbestos in schools puts teachers and pupils at risk, claimed unions protesting against the scrapping of the ‘Building School for the Future Programme
Asbestos – the silent killer
Decades after the dangers of asbestos was discovered the death toll is rising
