Alerter by Jack Castle – Recovery of Social Security Benefits in Certain Asbestos Cases a Breach of Convention Rights

Henderson Chambers alerter by Jack Castle.

The High Court in R. (on the application of Aviva Insurance Ltd) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2020] EWHC 3118 (Admin) has found aspects of the application of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 relating to asbestos-related injury to be a breach of Article 1 Protocol 1.

This decision will have significant impact on insurers and personal injury practitioners, as well as potential wider implications for human rights judicial review.

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