A new report highlights the lax regulatory framework around asbestos in the UK, with the technology used to measure airborne asbestos fibres being far less accurate than in other countries.
The ruling will have wide-ranging implications for the future disclosure of documents used in court proceedings and will impact on the access to documents given to people and organisations who are not part of court proceedings.
Lawyer Harminder Bains has called on the Government in Scotland and in London to put in strict laws to prevent UK based companies from being involved in the trading of asbestos.
Advice Workers from the Northern TUC Asbestos Support and Campaign Group have secured nearly one third of a million pounds in compensation for asbestos victims.