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13 January 2012 ::
The Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011
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| The Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 came into operation on 14th December 2011.The purpose of this new legislation is to reverse the decision of the House of Lords in Johnston v NEI International Combustion Ltd; Rothwell v Chemical & Insulating Co Ltd; Topping v Benchtown Ltd; Grieves v F T Everard & Sons (the pleural plaque test cases), in which their Lordships had ruled out the possibility of a claim in negligence for asymptomatic asbestos-related pleural plaques.
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