Stephen Glynn

Barrister, DEKA Chambers

Stephen has an extensive asbestos practice. He is known nationally as an industrial disease specialist, having co-written and edited the publication Asbestos Claims (now in its fourth edition) to which the Senior KB Master and Master Eastman have contributed. He is the author of the asbestos disease chapter in Kemp and the co-author of the occupational disease chapter in Kemp. He lectures widely on asbestos disease litigation and is routinely invited to speak at APIL’s annual asbestos conference. He is mostly instructed by claimants.

Notable Asbestos cases

Carey v. Vauxhall Motors [2019] EWHC 238
First case brought in this jurisdiction in relation to secondary exposure after 1965 suffered by wife of an apprentice electrician employed at Vauxhall in Luton.
Lawrence v. Bexley LB [2018] EWHC 4010
Stephen acted for the husband of a deceased wife who died of asbestos to which she was exposed when she supervised building work at the college where she worked as a lecturer. The court considered for the first time the applicability of adverse inference doctrine arising out of the lack of documents retained by D per Keefe v IOM Steampacket in an asbestos case.
Mayne v Atlas Stone [2016] EWHC 1030 QB, Cox J
Upheld Stephen’s submissions that in a divisible injury case the defendant’s liability is to be assessed as the proportion of its exposure to the whole and where the overall asbestos related exposure was very low.
Woodward v Sec of State for Energy & Clim. Change [2015] EWHC 3604 QB
Mesothelioma – low exposure – overalls contamination suffered by colliery canteen worker. First case following Williams v. Uni of B’ham applied to secondary exposure.
Yates v HMRC [2014] EWHC 2311 QB

Stephen’s submissions were adopted by the court to provide a workable solution to the then problem of HMRC deceased work histories. Yates describes the special practice adopted in ARD cases.

Contributed to

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Defence—fatal mesothelioma claim (Building (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1948)

Precedents

This defence relates to a fatal mesothelioma claim, pursuant to the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1934 and the Fatal Accidents Act 1976, by the widow and executrix of the estate of the deceased, who was employed by the Defendant employer as a bricklayer. The particulars of claim allege negligence and/or breach of the Building (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1948.

PI & Clinical Negligence

Particulars of claim—fatal mesothelioma claim (Asbestos Industry Regulations 1931, Factories Act 1937,

Precedents

These particulars of claim relate to a fatal mesothelioma claim, pursuant to the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1934 and the Fatal Accidents Act 1976, by the widow and executrix of the estate of the deceased who was employed by the defendant employer. The particulars of claim allege negligence and/or breach of the Asbestos Industry Regulations 1931, Factories Act 1937, Factories Act 1961, Building (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1948, Construction (General Provisions) Regulations 1961 and Construction (Working Places) Regulations 1966.

PI & Clinical Negligence