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Toby Scott
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Partner , Leeds
T: 0113 261 5552
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Specialist in disease litigation for the insurance, corporate, government, marine and run-off markets.
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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).
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Advises policyholders on coverage and liability issues resulting from current and historic policy wording.
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Involved in setting up full claims management operations for books of occupational disease claims, often in run off.
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Regularly identified as a leading lawyer in both Chambers and Legal 500 – recently described as ‘truly knowledgeable … legal expert’ with ‘great depth of experience’.
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Regular contributor to industry and national media on disease matters.
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