Category: Industrial Disease

Annual UWE Mooting Competition

27th November 2019

St John’s Chambers sponsored the University of West of England (UWE) 2019 Mooting Competition, and on Thursday, 21st November was the final of the three stage mooting competition at UWE, with the results being announced. The winner was Monica Young and the runner up, Ella White who have both received a mini pupillage experience at…

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Andrew McLaughlin successfully defends a public house against an employers’ liability claim by a former chef

23rd October 2019

Andrew McLaughlin, ranked in the Chambers UK industrial disease spotlight table, has successfully defended a public house in Manchester against an occupational disease employers’ liability claim brought by a former chef who alleged he was exposed to aspergillus fumigatus mould spores over several years. He claimed to have developed acute invasive aspergillosis, a life-threatening condition,…

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