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Sloper v Lloyds Bank Plc

[2016] EWHC 483 (QB)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division
Year2016
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

In an occupational asbestos/mesothelioma claim turning on events decades earlier, a claimant's uncorroborated recollection of historic working conditions must be weighed against contemporaneous documentary evidence, and a claim will fail where the evidence does not reliably establish exposure to asbestos.

Area of Law

General

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