A landmark ruling in Chandler v Cape PLC [2012] EWCA Civ 525, decided that in some circumstances, a parent company will owe a duty of care for the health and safety of workers employed by its subsidiary. This judgment may prove useful in circumstances where the employer is insolvent or no longer exists, but a parent company still exists. This is a common scenario for victims of long latency diseases — where the symptoms may not emerge until many years after the initial exposure. The Chandler case concerned a victim of asbestosis (see Chapter 6).