Entitlement under “full liability” provisional settlement

Agreement by the defendants to an interim payment on a full liability basis meant what it said and opened the way for subsequent claim for the effects of the same harm. The payment of £4,000 was made in respect of pleural plaques caused by exposure to asbestos in the workplace, the sum based on the assumption that the claimant would not develop mesothelioma. However, the claimant later developed, and died of, mesothelioma and his widow revived the claim on her own behalf and as his personal representative.