The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[2011] 2 AC 229
Supreme Court
Sienkiewicz
v
Greif (UK) Ltd
Willmore
v
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
[2011] UKSC 10
2010 Oct 26,
27,
28;
2011 March 9
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers PSC, Lord Rodger JSC of Earlsferry, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Dyson JJSC
Negligence— Causation— Asbestos exposure— Deceased developing mesothelioma after tortious occupational and non-tortious environmental exposure to asbestos dust— Whether necessary to establish occupational exposure more than doubling risk of contracting disease— Whether sufficient to show occupational exposure material contribution to risk of developing disease— Appropriate test of causation—
Compensation Act 2006 (c 29), s 3