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UK’s Lost Workers a Timely Reminder of Safety Cuts Impact

Lawyer voices concern ahead of Workers’ Memorial DayThe UK is being given a timely reminder this week of the devastating impact that workplace deaths and serious injuries have on the lives of countless families. Workers’ Memorial Day is taking place across the UK on 28th April 2011, which leading industrial accident and illness lawyer David Urpeth, from national law firm Irwin Mitchell, says will highlight the potential problems caused by cuts to key Government safety departments. Urpeth, the firm’s national head of workplace injuries said the true impact of significant cuts to the HSE and

New Statistics Show Mesothelioma Deaths Continue to Rise

A leading north east industrial illness lawyer has today voiced ‘serious concerns’ about the number of people still dying after negligent exposure to asbestos and called for renewed efforts to secure justice for mesothelioma sufferers as new statistics show that the death rate has almost tripled in the last 20 years. The call came from Roger Maddocks, partner and industrial illness specialist at the Newcastle office of the national law firm Irwin Mitchell, as the Health and Safety Executive released the statistics for mesothelioma deaths nationally during 2008. The latest national figures

Lawyer’s Safety Call over ‘Staggering’ Workplace Death Toll

A leading workplace injury and accident lawyer says the fight for improved safety standards at work can never end while tens of thousands of UK workers are still dying each year. The call came as the TUC published figures claiming that around 20,000 people were still dying annually in accidents at work or as a result of industrial illnesses such as mesothelioma, asbestosis or lung cancer. And Roger Maddocks, partner and expert in workplace injuries at the north east office of law firm Irwin Mitchell, said: “It is both staggering and frightening to think that more than 20,000 people in the

Relatives Hope Pictures Will Help Bid for Asbestos Justice

The family of a Darlington man killed by an asbestos-related disease has appealed to his former colleagues to help honour his memory by assisting a bid for justice. Richard Todd was 77 when he died shortly before Christmas 2009 of Asbestosis, an inflammatory lung condition caused by exposure to asbestos. Mr Todd worked for British Rail throughout the North East as a wagon and horsebox builder and joiner from 1947 until around 1963. He then went to work at Darlington Power Station until 1976, when it closed. It is believed asbestos exposure could have taken place at either of these

Widow Appeals to Former Swan Hunter Workers

The widow of a man killed by the deadly lung disease Mesothelioma just six weeks after celebrating their silver wedding anniversary is urging his former colleagues to come forward to help in her battle for justice. Joseph Alan Slavin, also known as Alan, worked as an apprentice plumber at Swan Hunter Shipyard, Wallsend from 1949 to 1954 – where it is believed he was routinely exposed to asbestos. After first experiencing chest and shoulder pains in September 2008, Mr Slavin was diagnosed with Mesothelioma on 13 January 2009. He died exactly seven months later on 13 August 2009. Following

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