News & Events
News & Events
Outer Temple Chambers is delighted to invite you to our upcoming Asbestos Litigation Conference on Thursday 10th July 2025 at Glaziers Hall, London. Our team of experienced industrial disease barristers will be joined by leading experts to provide in-depth analysis on recent legal developments. The event will also offer practical guidance on complex issues such as causation and disclosure. This event is accredited by APIL Training. Topics will include: Assessing the future of low-level Asbestos exposure claims Revisiting evidence on commission hearings Panel: a comparative view of Product Liability claims in the UK and in the US Causation in Peritoneal Mesothelioma claims Panel: Claims arising from business loss We will be joined on the day by a selection of expert…
Will Young looks at quantification of dependency claims under the Fatal Accidents Act after a mesothelioma case, Rix v Paramount Shopfitting Co Ltd, is heard in the Court of Appeal. The Deceased in this case, Mr Rix, was exposed to asbestos by the Defendant in the 1970s. He developed mesothelioma and died in 2016 aged 60. His widow brought a claim against the Defendant under the FAA for damages including a claim for loss of financial dependency. The background In the High Court, the Defendant had argued that there was no loss of dependency as the Claimant had inherited the business, which remained profitable after Mr Rix’s death (indeed it had become more so). Hence it was said that there…
News 13 Dec, 2021
