Victims of asbestos exposure can often face a robust challenge to their asbestosis claim by former employers and their insurers. In more recent years, the courts have been seen to take a more sympathetic view of a victim diagnosed with terminal mesothelioma cancer or...
An estimated 12,000 people lose their lives to occupational lung disease every year, of which one fifth are victims of mesothelioma and a further 1 in 5 fatalities are the result of asbestosis, according to a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) report, November 2017....
Most if not all enquiries we receive following a confirmed diagnosis of mesothelioma or a suspected exposure to asbestos are concerned with finding answers and holding those responsible to account. Obtaining closure, and a sense that rightful justice has been served,...
The ability to obtain answers about their exposure to asbestos some 30 or 40 years earlier is one of the most asked frequently asked questions an asbestosis lawyer can receive from a victim who has just been confirmed with a diagnosis of mesothelioma. Under The...
Sufferers of pleural plaques in England and Wales – along with asbestosis lawyers and victim support groups – have long felt they have been unfairly treated by legislation, which prevents them from pursuing a claim for asbestos compensation. Exactly ten years...
