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Sienkiewicz v Greif (UK) Ltd

Hearings

England & Wales

06 Nov 2009 [2009] EWCA Civ 1159; [2010] QB 370; [2010] 2 WLR 951; [2009] WLR (D) 321; The Times, 13 November 2009, CA (Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony JSC, Scott Baker, Smith LJJ)

09 Mar 2011 [2011] UKSC 10; [2011] 2 AC 229; [2011] 2 WLR 523; [2011] ICR 391; [2011] 2 All ER 857; (2011) 119 BMLR 54; [2011] PIQR P11; [2011] WLR (D) 77; The Times, 10 March 2011; Case details, SC(E) (Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers PSC, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Dyson JJSC)

Additional names

Willmore v Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Subject Matter

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, s 3

[2010] QB 370; [2011] 2 AC 229; [2010] 2 WLR 951; [2011] 2 WLR 523; [2011] ICR 391

Commentary

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Burden and Standard of Proof - Legal burden 49.35

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