This Resources section provides links and pdf documents of some of the most useful legislation, Judgments and reference material in relation to Occupational Disease. The key document for your case may be below!
| Title | Category | Action |
|---|---|---|
| The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Control of Noise at Work) Regulations 2007 | Nihl Legislation | Link |
| Goldscheider v Royal Opera House | Nihl Caselaw | PDF Download |
| A review of the perceptual effects of hearing loss for frequencies above 3 kHz - Professor Brian Moore | Nihl Documents | Link |
| HSE - Epidemiological evidence for the effectiveness of the noise at work regulations | Nihl Documents | PDF Download |
| Dudhill v Secretary of State for BIS | Nihl Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 | Nihl Legislation | Link |
| Johnson v MOD | Limitation Caselaw | Link |
| Bannister v Freemans | Asbestos Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Gregory v Haynes | Asbestos Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Mesothelioma of Pleura and Peritoneum following exposure to asbestos in the London Area, Newhouse & Thompson 1965 | Asbestos Documents | PDF Download |
| The Just-Noticeable Difference in Speech-to-Noise Ratio | Nihl Documents | PDF Download |
| The Just-Meaningful Difference in Speech-to-Noise Ratio | Nihl Documents | PDF Download |
| Practice Direction 3D - Civil Procedure Rules - Mesothelioma Claims | Asbestos Documents | Link |
| Association between hearing loss level and degree of discomfort introduced by tinnitus in workers exposed to noise | Nihl Documents | Link |
| Johnston v NEI | Nihl Caselaw | PDF Download |
| BSA - Pure-tone air-conduction and bone-conduction threshold audiometry with and without masking | Nihl Documents | PDF Download |
| Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations 1983 | Asbestos Legislation | PDF Download |
| Limitation Act 1980 | Limitation Legislation | Link |
| Maguire v Harland and Wolff | Asbestos Caselaw | Link |
| Asbestos Industry (Asbestosis) Scheme 1931 | Asbestos Legislation | Link |
| Asbestos Industry Regulations 1931 | Asbestos Legislation | PDF Download |
| Parkes v Meridian | Nihl Caselaw | PDF Download |
| HSE - Noise Calculators | Nihl Documents | Link |
| Chaplin v Pistol | Sundry Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 | Vibration Legislation | Link |
| HSE Hand-Arm Vibration Calculator | Vibration Documents | Link |
| Transco v Griggs | Vibration Caselaw | Link |
| Bannister v Freemans | Asbestos Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Smith v Manchester Corporation | Sundry Caselaw | Link |
| Billett v MoD | Sundry Caselaw | Link |
| Inglis v MoD | Nihl Caselaw | Link |
| Ronan v Sainsbury's Supermarkets | Sundry Caselaw | Link |
| Kennedy v London Ambulance | Sundry Caselaw | Link |
| Blamire v South Cumbria Health Authority | Sundry Caselaw | Link |
| Dryden v Johnson Matthey | Sundry Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Court Awards of Damages for Future Earnings: An Empirical Study and an Alternative Method of Calculation | Sundry Documents | Link |
| Ogden 8 Tables | Sundry Documents | PDF Download |
| Ward v Allies and Morrison Architects | Sundry Caselaw | Link |
| Irani v Duchon | Sundry Documents | Link |
| The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 | Sundry Legislation | Link |
| Asbestos Hazards in Naval Dockyards - Harries | Asbestos Documents | Link |
| HSE - Noise data - Gas cutting | Nihl Documents | Link |
| HSE - HSG129 Health and Safety in Engineering Workshops | Nihl Documents | PDF Download |
| Goldtrail Travel v Grumbridge | Limitation Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Arcadia Group Brands v Visa | Limitation Caselaw | Link |
| The Kriti Palm | Limitation Caselaw | Link |
| Loches Capital v Goldman Sachs | Limitation Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Smith v Secretary of State for Transport | Asbestos Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Holmes v S & B Concrete | Limitation | PDF Download |
| Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) v Larnell | Limitation Caselaw | Link |
| Smith v White Knight Laundry | Limitation | Link |
| Noise Induced Hearing Loss in Motorcyclists | Nihl Documents | Link |
| Hamilton v NG Bailey Limited [2020] EWHC 2910 (QB) | Asbestos Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Pinnegar v Kellogg & ICI | Asbestos Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Barnes v St Helens | Limitation Caselaw | Link |
| R (on the Application of Wandsworth Borough Council) v Her Majesty's Senior Coroner for Inner West London | Asbestos Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Sparkes (as personal representative of Pauline Sparkes, deceased) v London Pension Funds Authority and Leigh Academies Trust | Asbestos Caselaw | Link |
| Balls v Reeve & James [2021] EWHC 751 (QB) | Asbestos Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Smith v Ford | Asbestos Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Jackman v Harold Firth | Asbestos Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Dean v Armstrong Oilers Ltd [2023] EWHC 3445 (KB) | Asbestos Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Fleming v Zurich Insurance Plc [2023] EWCA Civ 1417 | Personal Injury Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Juj v John Lewis Partnership Plc [2023] EWCA Civ 1507 | Personal Injury Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Mesothelioma statistics for Great Britain 2024 | Asbestos Documents | PDF Download |
| HSE - Work related fatal injuries in Great Britain, 2024 | Personal Injury Documents | PDF Download |
| Bennion v Adventure Parc Snowdonia Limited [2023] EWHC 3334 (KB) | Personal Injury Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Shaw v Maguire [2023] EWHC 2155 (KB) | Limitation Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Adams and others v Ministry of Defence [2024] EWHC 1966 (KB) | Military Claims Injury Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Tindall and another v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police [2024] UKSC 33 | Personal Injury Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Jones v. Persimmon Homes Limited & Macob Scaffolding Limited [2024] EWHC 2957 (KB) | Personal Injury Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Miss Gracie Lea Atkinson v Mr Thomas Kennedy and Grab and Deliver Limited [2024] EWHC 2299 (KB) | Personal Injury Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Palmer v Timms [2024] EWHC 2292 (KB) | Personal Injury Caselaw | PDF Download |
| Lee v Khraud and Others [2025] EWHC 714 (KB) | Personal Injury Caselaw | PDF Download |
| MW and EW v Wilkinson and Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Limited [2025] EWHC 2300 (KB) | Personal Injury Caselaw | PDF Download |
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