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Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd [2002] UKHL 22, [2002] 3 WLR 89 HL Summary The three appeals dealt with by the House of Lords involved employees who had been exposed to asbestos at work and had subsequently contracted mesothelioma (a form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure). In each case the employee concerned had been exposed to asbestos by more than one employer during his working life. This made it difficult for the claimants to establish that any particular employer's negligence had caused the mesothelioma, because medical science does not know exactly how asbestos causes the disease. In particular, it is currently impossible to say whether the action of a single asbestos fibre, a few fibres, or the cumulative effect of many fibres causes the disease. It is possible to say, however, that the greater the quantity of fibres inhaled the greater the risk of developing the disease. Given this evidence the...

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