Johnston v NEI International Combustion Ltd; Rothwell v Chemical & Insulating Co Ltd; Topping v Benchtown Ltd; Grieves v F T Everard & Sons

Johnston v NEI International Combustion Ltd; Rothwell v Chemical & Insulating Co Ltd; Topping v Benchtown Ltd; Grieves v F T Everard & Sons

Case Note

Johnston v NEI International Combustion Ltd; Rothwell v Chemical & Insulating Co Ltd; Topping v Benchtown Ltd; Grieves v F T Everard & Sons (the pleural plaque test case)

[2007] UKHL 39, on appeal from [2006] EWCA Civ 27

House of Lords (Lord Hoffmann, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Scott of Foscote, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Lord Mance)

17 October 2007

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www.12kbw.co.uk/docs/PPs-HL-cs-151007-Oct-07.pdf

Richard Methuen QC 'a superb operator with a direct approach' (Chambers Uk 2006)