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Local Authority Liable To Claimant Exposed to Asbestos as Schoolchild : Nicol J held that a Claimant who had contracted mesothelioma had been negligently exposed to asbestos dust from ceiling tiles, as disturbed during works and vandalism, in the Defendant's secondary school whilst she was a pupil in the 1970s. That negligent exposure had materially increased the risk that she would contract mesothelioma later in life and that risk was more than de minimis. Nicol J rejected the Defendant's argument that for the risk to be more than de minimis, it was necessary for the Claimant to show some degree of regularity of exposure.
