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LONDON, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- An increase in the number of victims of industrial disease and workplace accidents has underlined the importance of Workers' Memorial Day, the annual international event which honours those who have lost their lives through their work. Speaking just days before the 2013 event on 28 April, Bridget Collier, head of the Industrial Disease Claims [http://www.fentons.co.uk/industrial-disease-claims/2794 ] department at Fentons Personal...
LONDON, March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- An industrial disease expert has warned how family members of workers might have been unwittingly exposed to deadly asbestos by their loved ones decades ago. Bridget Collier, head of the Industrial Disease Claims [http://www.fentons.co.uk/industrial-disease-claims/2794 ] team at Fentons Personal Injury Solicitors [http://www.fentons.co.uk ] LLP, said the recent case of a woman in her 70s who died from mesothelioma had highlighted...
LONDON, February 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A BBC investigation has claimed that high street giant Marks & Spencer was warned that its customers and staff may have been put at risk from asbestos contamination more than 10 years before being fined GBP1m for breaching asbestos [http://www.fentons.co.uk/industrial-disease-claims/asbestos-claims/what-is-asbestos ] removal rules. In the "Inside Out" programme, screened on Monday 11 February, one contractor told a BBC...
LONDON, November 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A specialist industrial disease lawyer has said that the closure of a Welsh high school after ten times more than acceptable levels of asbestos were found comes as no surprise, adding that the hidden danger of asbestos in our schools has been known for years. Bridget Collier, head of the Industrial Disease team at Fentons Personal Injury Solicitors [http://www.fentons.co.uk ] LLP and a specialist in asbestos claims...
LONDON, August 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A GBP300m government scheme to fund compensation payments to newly-diagnosed victims of mesothelioma has been criticised for not going far enough in providing help to those who need it right now. Bridget Collier, head of the Industrial Disease team at Fentons Personal Injury Solicitors [http://www.fentons.co.uk ] LLP, was speaking after the Department for Work and Pensions announced the new scheme which will allow around 3,000...
