Stockton-on-Tees

Job title: Partner

Telephone number: 01642 661668

Email Address: toby.scott@blm-law.com

Practice Areas: Employers' liability Occupational disease Stress

Experience: Specialist in disease litigation for the insurance, corporate, government, marine and run-off markets. Acting for defendants in many of the major decisions over the last 15 years: Gunn v Wallsend Slipway (1988) – asbestos bystander test case Wylie v Northumbrian Engineering Ltd 1989 (asbestos induced lung cancer) Henderson v Wakefield Shirt Co Ltd (Court of Appeal) Turner & Newall  - north east shipyard recovery litigation British Coal – CMC recovery litigation (2004) Barker v Corus (House of Lords 2006) (apportionment test cases). Advises policyholders on coverage and liability issues resulting from current and historic policy wording. Involved in setting up full claims management operations for books of occupational disease claims, often in run off. Regularly identified as a leading lawyer in both Chambers and Legal 500 – recently described as ‘truly knowledgeable … legal expert’ with ‘great depth of experience’. Regular contributor to industry and national media on disease matters.