The Northeast Asbestos Support and Awareness Group are running a free one day conference on Tuesday 24th November aimed at trade union representatives and others with a view to developing awareness and increasing knowledge about the legacy of asbestos and how to obtain compensation and benefits.
Date: Tuesday 24th November 2009
Time: 10am - 3:15pm
Venue: Irwin Mitchell, Gainsborough House, 30-40 Grey Street,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6AE
Program:
10:00am Registration and Coffee
10:15am Introduction
10:20am Asbestos: Uses and the development of knowledge of the risk to health
10:45am Asbestos Related Conditions, latency and other medical issues
11:15am Coffee
11:30am Pneumoconiosis Workers Compensation Act and Diffuse Mesothelioma Schemes
12:00pm DWP Benefits for asbestos related disease
1:00pm Lunch
1:30pm Common law compensation for asbestos related disease; basis of liability, causation, apportionment and claims handling issues
3:00pm Questions
3:15pm Close
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Tel: 0191 279 0143