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Jeremy Fletcher

Of Counsel

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
1-3 Charter Square
Sheffield
S1 4HS
United Kingdom
Languages English

Jeremy is Of Counsel in our Insurance and Reinsurance Group based in our Sheffield office. He specialises in defending and advising on claims involving occupational health liabilities. He acts for UK central government departments, financial institutions, self-insured and major insurance companies. He has also acted for uninsured clients. 

Since 2000, Jeremy has been a key advisor to central government on one of the UK’s highest profile group actions in the UK and he currently acts as a principle advisor to central government for one of the country’s largest compensation schemes. 

One of Jeremy’s specialisms is respiratory disease claims as a consequence of exposure to coal mine dust, silica and/or asbestos, many of which are high value and involve medical causation and multi-jurisdictional issues. He regularly handles high value catastrophic injury and occupational stress claims.

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"Jeremy Fletcher is a solid and utterly reliable lawyer – a sure and steady hand who handles a lot of the heavyweight coal mining-related litigation."

Legal 500

Relevant experience

  • Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) on defending a group action involving 600,000 claims against the former British Coal Corporation arising out respiratory disease claims from former mineworkers.
  • BEIS on advising on policy and operational issues in relation to industrial disease compensation scheme with over 95,000 applicants.
  • BEIS in respect of an array of complex multi-track respiratory disease claims, including as a consequence of alleged exposure to asbestos fibres, silica, fumes and coal mine dust.   
  • Major insurance and international companies in relation to claims relating to catastrophic injuries.      
  • An international financial institution and a large UK corporation in claims relating to psychological injury and occupational stress.
  • A major US corporation in respect of an injury arising at an industrial plant operating in the UK.
  • An uninsured architects firm in respect of a claim for mesothelioma.  
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Education

  • 1998 - LPC, College of Law, Chester.
  • 1997 - LLB, Brunel University, London.
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12/04/2023
Fundamental dishonesty and QOCS - Soldier, Spy, Tinker/Tailor
A recent case has illustrated that, under Practice Direction 44, the court has the power to direct that issues arising out of an allegation that a claim was fundamentally dishonest be determined not­with­stand­ing...
14/02/2023
In pursuit of trivial exposure: pre-1965 low dose exposure asbestos disease...
Two judgments in late November and early December 2022 gave fresh consideration to the state of knowledge and foreseeability of risk of injury in claims involving exposure to asbestos prior to 31 October...
22/09/2022
On the rocks - HSE publishes new guidance on silica exposure
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently updated its published guidance on silica exposure, ahead of a programme of inspections that will require employers to demonstrate the safety measures...
12/08/2022
Actionable damage in isolation
The decision in Keegan v Independent Insurance Company Ltd & Zurich Insurance PLC [2022] EWHC 1992 (QB) concerns the Third Party (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010 and may be significant as regards the...
22/07/2022
As Deep Blue Something put it – “You'll say we've got nothing in common”
The High Court in London has decided that a group of circa 3,500 claims for noise-induced hearing loss cannot proceed via a single claim form. Background In David Abbott & Others v Ministry of Defence...
25/05/2022
Actionable damage? A mixed question of law and fact
Due to the long latency period of mesothelioma, routinely many decades after exposure, such claims present numerous challenges. Aside from the scarcity of documents and witnesses, many former employers...
19/01/2022
January blues for the insurance industry following benefits reimbursement...
We now have the Court of Appeal’s emphatic judgment in R (Aviva Insurance Ltd and Swiss Reinsurance Co Ltd) v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions allowing the Secretary of State’s appeal against...
26/11/2021
Appeal in benefits reimbursement decision: in for a penny, in for a......
The Secretary of State has appealed the High Court’s ruling in R (Aviva Insurance Ltd and Swiss Reinsurance Co Ltd) v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, a judicial review case, and the Court...
11/08/2021
Effective service – when, where and how?
A recent case in the Technology & Construction Court highlights the importance of knowing when, where and how to serve in order to ensure effective service of a claim form. Background In Tiger Falkirk...
29/06/2021
Master rules school ought to have taken reasonable steps to prevent exposure...
In a case that will be of particular interest to the education sector, involving decades-old allegations of asbestos exposure at an independent boarding school, the High Court has held that the test of...
26/05/2021
Non-party disclosure and CPR 31.17 –success for claimants in historic asbestos...
A recent decision of the High Court on appeal, reversing an earlier dismissal of a claimant’s application for non-party disclosure, is another favourable result for claimants in historic asbestos claims...
16/04/2021
Industrial disease claims: limitation and claimant’s date of knowledge
The Limitation Act 1980 states that a claim must be made within three years of the date of knowledge and that date of knowledge is the date on which the claimant first had knowledge that his injury was...