Tag Archive: pleural plaques

Pleural Plaques statutory scheme to be introduced

The government has announced it will not overturn the House of Lords ruling that compensation is not payable on diagnosis of pleural plaques. It has however announced that it will introduce a scheme to compensate those people whose claims were lodged but not concluded before the 2007 ruling.

Beresfords former solicitors lose appeal

Former solicitors lose appeal against being struck off the Roll whilst some MPs call for solicitors to be excluded from proposed scheme for asbestos related pleural plaques compensation.