Tasks alleged to have caused injury in WRULD Claims heard in Courts in England, Scotland and Wales
DSE use:
| Task | Injury | Claimant (Case) |
|---|---|---|
| Computer mouse use | Lateral Epicondylitis | Armitage (Armitage - v - United Provincial Newspapers Ltd) |
| Pain | Gould (Gould - v - Shell UK Ltd) | |
| DSE use: | Kelly (Kelly - v - Aviva plc) | |
| DSE use: administrative tasks | Fibromyalgia | Hadoulis (Hadoulis - v - Trinatours Ltd) |
| De Quervain's Syndrome | McPherson (McPherson - v - London Borough of Camden) | |
| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | Cowley (Cowley -v- The Stroke Association) | |
| DSE use: alphanumeric data entry | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | Simpson (Simpson - v - Dunham Bush Ltd) |
| DSE use: audio & copy typing | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Cervical Spondylosis | Wall (Wall - v - Bartlett Construction Group Ltd) |
| DSE use: audio typing | Tenosynovitis or Tendonitis | Binns (Binns - v - Speechly Bircham) |
| Radial Tunnel Syndrome | Broxup (Broxup - v - Simpson Duxbury) | |
| Pain Syndrome | Fifield (Fifield - v - Denton Hall / Denton Wilde Sapte) | |
| Pain Syndrome | Millard (Millard - v - Murray Lawrence & Partners Ltd) | |
| Tenosynovitis, Myositis, Lateral & Medial Epicondylitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | Smith (Smith - v - Pinhey & Co) | |
| Tendonitis, Tenosynovitis | West (West - v - Miller & Co) | |
| Radial Tunnel Syndrome | Westray (Westray - v - Midland Bank plc) | |
| DSE use: cashier | Arm & Hand injury, Unspecified | Bagdu (Bagdu - v - The Thomas Cook Group Ltd) |
| Pain | Sharp (Sharp - v - Yorkshire Bank plc) | |
| DSE use: copy typing | Peritendonitis Crepitans, Piso-triquetral arthrosis, aggravation of | Clark (Clark - v - Clwyd County Council) |
| DSE use: copytaking | Repetitive Strain Injury | Moran (Moran - v - South Wales Argus) |
| DSE use: data enquiry | Pain | Adewale (Adewale - v - Cable and Wireless plc) |
| DSE use: data entry | RSI | Long (Long - v - Pendragon plc) |
| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Lateral Epicondylitis | Monk (Monk - v - Active Media Limited) | |
| Tenosynovitis | Paine (Paine - v - Unigate plc) | |
| DSE use: data entry / administrative tasks | Tenosynovitis | Goodwin (now Slevin) (Goodwin (now Slevin) - v - Bennetts UK Ltd) |
| Pain | Routledge (Routledge - v - Woolworths plc) | |
| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | Campbell-Weller (Campbell-Weller -v- Omnicom Europe Ltd) | |
| DSE use: data entry / enquiry | Tenosynovitis, Medial Epicondylitis | West (West - v - Health & Safety Executive) |
| DSE use: data input & word processing | Tenosynovitis, Cervical Nerve Root Irritation | Trotman (Trotman - v - London Borough of Tower Hamlets) |
| DSE use: data processing | Tenosynovitis, Osteoarthritis | Lodge (McSherry & Lodge - v - British Telecommunications plc) |
| Epicondylitis OR Peritendonitis, Cervical Spondylosis | McSherry (McSherry & Lodge - v - British Telecommunications plc) | |
| DSE use: database data input | Lesion in Wrist and Hand, Unspecified | Carney (Carney - v - Trafalgar House Interiors Ltd) |
| DSE use: database management | Medial & Lateral Epicondylitis | Brelsford (Brelsford - v - South Glamorgan Probation Department) |
| DSE use: form filling | De Quervain's Syndrome | Donnellan (Donnellan - v - Halifax Building Society) |
| DSE use: legal secretarial | WRULD | Gallagher (Gallagher - v - Bond Pearce) |
| Tenosynovitis | Smith (Smith - v - Baker McKenzie) | |
| DSE use: numeric data entry | De Quervain's Syndrome | Conaty (Conaty - v - Barclays Bank plc) |
| Cervical Nerve Root Irritation | Nicholson (Nicholson - v - Link House Magazines Ltd) | |
| DSE use: reading & data enquiry | Pain Syndrome | Horridge (Horridge & Roberts - v - Gan Insurance Co Ltd) |
| Pain Syndrome | Roberts (Horridge & Roberts - v - Gan Insurance Co Ltd) | |
| DSE use: secretarial word processing | Subacromial Bursitis, Ulnar Neuritis & Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | Kirk (Kirk - v - Milton Keynes County Council) |
| Focal Dystonia | Pickford (Pickford - v - Imperial Chemical Industries plc) | |
| DSE use: secretarial work | Tenosynovitis | Cole (Cole - v - Anglia Harbours NHS Trust) |
| DSE use: sub-editing | Peritendonitis, Tenosynovitis, Radial Tunnel Syndrome, Lateral Epicondylitis | Amosu (Amosu & others - v - The Financial Times) |
| Focal Dystonia | Ellis (Ellis - v - The Financial Times Ltd) | |
| Tendonitis, Tenosynovitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Lateral & Medial Epicondylitis | Hannon (Amosu & others - v - The Financial Times) | |
| Tendonitis, Tenosynovitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Lateral & Medial Epicondylitis | Little (Amosu & others - v - The Financial Times) | |
| Repetitive Strain Injury | Mughal (Mughal - v - Reuters Ltd) | |
| Peritendonitis, Muscle Strain, Lateral Epicondylitis | Stiles (Amosu & others - v - The Financial Times) | |
| DSE use: telephone switchboard | Lateral Epicondylitis, Cervical Spondylosis | Kirchin (Kirchin - v - Whitbread plc) |
| Tenosynovitis | Rich (Rich et al - v - British Telecommunications plc) | |
| Tenosynovitis | Robinson (Rich et al - v - British Telecommunications plc) | |
| Tenosynovitis | Sault (Rich et al - v - British Telecommunications plc) | |
| DSE use: typesetting | Tenosynovitis, De Quervain's Syndrome | Sanders (Sanders - v - University of Hull) |
| Tenosynovitis | Walsh (Walsh - v - G & A N Scott Limited) | |
| DSE use: typing | De Quervain's Syndrome | Emerton (Emerton - v - Argos Distributors Ltd) |
| WRULD | King (King - v - Coopers and Lybrand Ltd) | |
| DSE use: word processing | Hand Injury, Unspecified | Hitchen (Hitchen - v - The Crown Prosecution Service) |
| WRULD | Lacey (Lacey - v - Shropshire Career Service) | |
| De Quervain's Syndrome | Thickett (Thickett - v - The Lord Chancellor's Department) | |
| Pain Syndrome | Wells-Cockburn (Wells-Cockburn -v- The Bristol Debt Advice Centre and another) |
Last updated: 26/03/2014