Hearings
England & Wales
11 Dec 2001 [2001] EWCA Civ 1881; [2002] 1 WLR 1052; [2002] ICR 412, CA
20 Jun 2002 [2002] UKHL 22; [2003] 1 AC 32; [2002] 3 WLR 89; [2002] ICR 798; [2002] 3 All ER 305, HL(E)
Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd
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Subject Matter
NEGLIGENCE — Causation — Asbestos exposure — Claimants developing mesothelioma after exposure to asbestos in more than one employment — Inhalation of single or many asbestos fibres equally probable trigger of disease — Claimants unable to establish which employment causing mesothelioma — Whether any employer liable — Whether claimant suffering other asbestos-related damage entitled to provisional damages for risk of developing mesothelioma — County Courts Act 1984, s 51(1) — CPR r 41.2(2)
[2001] EWCA Civ 1881; [2002] 1 WLR 1052; [2002] ICR 412, CA
OCCUPIERS' LIABILITY — Independent contractor — Contractor carrying out work on occupier's premise — Contractor's employee contracting mesothelioma from asbestos dust generated by activities of contractors' employees — Whether occupier under duty of care to contractor's employees — Occupiers' Liability Act 1957, s 2
Appellate History
Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd [2001] EWCA Civ 1881; [2002] 1 WLR 1052; [2002] ICR 412, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed
Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd [2002] UKHL 22; [2003] 1 AC 32; [2002] 3 WLR 89; [2002] ICR 798; [2002] 3 All ER 305, HL(E)
Commentary
New Law Journal
A revolutionary trigger?
165 NLJ 7656, p16