1961
Factories Act 1961 s29
Factories Act 1961 – legislation
1963
Noise and the Worker
1968
Noise and the Worker (updated)
Stokes v Guest [1968] 1WLR 1776
Stokes v Guest Keen and Nettlefold (Nuts and Bolts) Ltd: QBD 1968
Click to access PW-Asbestos-Bussey-article.pdf
- Ratio of Stanwick J applied in Baker v Quantum (below)
1971
Noise and the Worker (updated)
1972
Code of Practice
1976
Hatra Research Report: Noise in the Knitting Industry – a factual survey
1980
Limitation Act 1980
- Section 11(4)
- Section 14(1)
- Section 14(2)
- Section 14(3)
- Section 33
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/58/contents
WIRA report – partial copy:
1984
ISO7029:1984
Thompson v Smiths Shiprepairers Ltd [1984] QB 405
Thompson v Smiths Shiprepairers (North Shields) Ltd: QBD 1984
http://www.stewartdunn.com/assessment/1984_QB_405_thompson.pdf
- Mustill J placed limits on the ratio of Stanwick J in Stokes v Guest [1968]
1989
Noise at Work Regulations 1989
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1790/contents/made
- Came into force on 01/01/1990
1992
Assessment of Hearing Disability: Guidelines for medicolegal practice by PF King, RRA Coles, ME Lutman and DW Robinson
1993
Larner v British Steel [1993] 4 All ER 102
https://www.solicitorsjournal.com/public/administrative-and-constitutional/accidents-work-2
Nash & Others v Eli Lilly & Co & Others [1993] WLR 782
2000
CLB Guidelines
https://www.bc-legal.co.uk/documents/CLB%20Guidelines%202000.pdf
https://www.bc-legal.co.uk/documents/CLB%20Guidelines%202000.pdf
Holtby v Brigham & Cowan (Hull) Ltd [2000] ICR 1086
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2000/111.html
ISO7029:2000 2nd edition Acoustics – Statistical distribution of hearing thresholds as a function of age
David Anthony Wright v Canadian Pacific (UK) Ltd (2000)
David Anthony Wright v Canadian Pacific
2004
Bracknell Forest Borough Council v Adams [2004] UKHL 29
https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/2004/29.html
2005
The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1643/contents/made
- Came into force on 06/04/06 replacing the 1989 Regulations
2007
Parkes v Meridian & Others [2007] Unreported (Nottinghamshire textile litigation (27/04/07 HHJ Inglis)
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2007/b1.html
2008
Furniss v Firth Brown Tools Limited [2008] EWCA Civ 182
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2008/182.html
Cain v Francis [2008] EWCA Civ 1451
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2008/1451.html
Teague v Mersey Docks [2008] EWCA Civ 1601
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2008/1601.html
A v Hoare & Others [2008] 1 AC 844
https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/2008/6.html
John Field v British Coal Corporation (Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) [2008] EWCA Civ 912
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2008/912.html
2010
Keefe v The Isle of Man Steam Packet Co Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 683
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2010/683.html
2011
Baker v Quantum Clothing Group Limited & Others [2011] UKSC 17; [13/04/11, Supreme Court]
https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2009-0107-judgment.pdf
2012
Johnson v MOD, Hoburn Eaton Limited [2012] EWCA Civ 1505
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2012/1505.html
AB and Others v Ministry of Defence [2012] UKSC 9
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2012/9.html
Davies & Others v The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (As Successor in Title to the Liabilities of the British Coal Corporation) [2012] EWCA Civ 1380
Hughes v Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
https://www.deanscourt.co.uk/our-barristers/doug-cooper
John Cran v Perkins Engines Company Limited
2014
Platt v BRB (Residuary) Limited [2014] EWCA Civ 1401
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2014/1401.html
2015
Holloway v Tyne Thames Technology Limited (2015)
Hinchcliffe v Six Continents Limited and Cadbury UK Ltd (2015)
Click to access Hinchcliffe.pdf
Briggs v RHM Frozen Food Limited (2015)
Click to access Briggs-v-RHM-published.pdf
2016
04/02/16 Inaugural NIHL Symposium: Medico-legal Advancements in Noise Induced Hearing Loss Cases – included Professor Lutman introducing “the LCB Guidelines”
LCB Guidelines
Click to access The%20LCB%20Guidelines%20-%20A%20BC%20Legal%20Guide.pdf
Wignall v The Secretary of State for Transport (in substitution for BRB (Residuary) Ltd) (2016)
https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/Misc/2016/B17.html&query=(title:(+wignal+))
2017
ISO7029:2017 3rd edition Acoustics – Statistical distribution of hearing thresholds related to age and gender
Stephen Lovatt v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change & Another (2017)
David Evans v Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change & JJ Maintenance Ltd (2017)