Changes to assist asbestos claims
Source: South Australia. Attorney General. Media Release
"The Government is making further changes to the law to make it easier for sufferers of asbestos-related diseases to claim damages. Attorney-General Michael Atkinson says a change to the regulations of the Dust Diseases Act 2005 will push back the date from which a defendant is presumed to have known of the dangers of asbestos in a prescribed industrial or commercial process from 1 January 1979 to 1 July 1971. Mr Atkinson says, until now, those suffering from an asbestos-related disease had to prove that the defendant had knowledge of the dangers of asbestos before 1 January 1979 to seek exemplary damages."