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Article 17/12/2020
COVID-19, injury claims & floodgates - Insurance Post Claims & Fraud summit 2020
From the Insurance Post Claims and Fraud summit 2020, in this video James Shrimpton, Partner at Kennedys, focuses on the legal basis for Covid-19 infection claims, current medical research, the impact of the pandemic on other injury claims and whether we will see a flood of infection claims.
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News 27/11/2020
Kennedys celebrates 20 years in Hong Kong with office move
Kennedys is celebrating 20 years in Hong Kong, and is also moving to new offices.
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Article 19/11/2020
Occupational Disease Brief: latest decisions November 2020
A roundup of recent court decisions raising issues relating to a new test for what may constitute ‘de minimis’ exposure in mesothelioma claims, the application of limitation where a claimant applies to restore a dissolved defendant company for disease claims, and new changes to bereavement damages following the case of Smith v Lancashire Teaching Hospitals [2017]
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Article 09/11/2020
Immunotherapy, mesothelioma and the pandemic
The pandemic has had a considerable impact on the treatment of non-COVID-19 conditions and for which, it is estimated, there will be a massive excess death count.
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Article 09/11/2020
Acoustic shock – emerging risk?
Following the case of Goldscheider –v ROH (2019), acoustic shock cases are an emerging risk and there is a risk of a floodgate of similar claims.
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Article 06/11/2020
The deceptive wording of the HAVS legislation – an unaffordable risk for employers
In recent years, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have been hot on the heels of employers in prosecuting for breaches related to Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS). These reported fines are increasing every year from £280,000 in 2016 to £0.5m in 2018. Last year a £0.6m fine was issued to Places for People Homes, a company owning and managing a large portfolio of properties.
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News 09/10/2020
Kennedys again achieves multiple ‘top tier’ rankings in The Legal 500 2021 rankings
We are pleased to announce that the publication of the 2021 edition of The Legal 500 UK has seen us ranked as a ‘top-tier firm’ in nine practice areas.
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Report 02/06/2020
Coronavirus - impact on UK and Ireland injury claims
To put it mildly, COVID-19 has been a game-changer in the personal injury sector. That includes the scope of purchased insurance products and their coverage.
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Article 31/03/2020
The Health and Safety Executive and mental health in the workplace
As all employer organisations are no doubt aware, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is concerned with the regulation of workplace health, safety and welfare.
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Article 27/03/2020
Scottish Bill introduced to enable recovery of NHS charges in industrial disease claims
On 9 March 2020, Stuart McMillan MSP introduced the Liability for NHS Charges (Treatment of Industrial Disease) Scotland Bill (the Bill) to the Scottish Parliament, to enable the recovery of those making compensation payments to people with an industrial disease or those contributions towards the costs incurred by the NHS in Scotland in treating those people.