Low Level Asbestos Exposure

There are increasing numbers of claims being intimated from Claimants suffering from mesothelioma who allege low level bystander exposure. However, caution needs to be exercised before automatically attributing causation for the condition to specific alleged exposure, rather than taking a close look at environmental, background exposure.

It is particularly difficult to rebut allegations of negligent exposure involving low dose cases which involve occupations not typically associated with exposure to asbestos.

One such example could be those cases where claimants are increasingly seeking to attach liability for low level asbestos exposure to individual schools and local authorities, despite the likelihood of asbestos being present in a wide variety of locations. Where there are allegations of exposure to asbestos occurring many years previously whilst attending or working at schools, there is often little information with regard to potential exposure there and