“…ge’s findings requires this Court to review the development of the law relating to causation of indivisible diseases in and since Bonnington Castings v Wardlaw [1956] 1 AC 613. I shall attempt that review later in this judgment. It may, however, be helpful to make clear at the outset that Mr Holmes has not advanced his case on the ba…”
“…As a legal concept "material contribution" is a recognised extension of the "but for" test of causation. From Wardlaw v Bonnington Castings [1956] 1 AC 613 through Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd [2002] UKHL 22 to Simmons v British Steel [2004] UKHL 20, the House of Lords confirmed that:…”