On 13th March 2015 at 4pm, Mr Justice Phillips handed down judgment in the cases of Dalton and Others.v.British Telecommunications plc [2015] EWHC 616 (QB).
The judgment deals with the issue of whether NIHL is an injury or a disease for the purposes of the former part 45 of the Civil Procedure Rules.
A victory for the claimants, an application for permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal has been made.
A copy of the judgment can be downloaded here: Dalton v BT Judgment of Phillips J.
A copy of a briefing note, prepared by myself, can be downloaded here: NIHL and success fees paper.
Thanks Andrew.
For the benefit of myself and other readers of this blog:
Andrew Hogan’s two year old commentary on _Patterson.v.Ministry of Defence_ [2012] EWHC 2767 entitled “NIHL and HAVS: Not diseases after all ?” is at this link:
http://costsbarrister.co.uk/uncategorized/nihl-and-havs-not-diseases-after-all/