Disease and ill-health

Your job may be bad for your health (and in some instances, fatal). Hazardous chemicals, dusts, infective agents, or less visible factors such as workload and bullying, can cause long-term disease or ill-health.

We have brought industrial disease claims for a wide range of this kind of personal injury, including:-

Some of these injuries have a long latency period between the date of exposure to the hazard and the date of onset of symptoms. As a result, the 3-year limitation period often becomes a contested issue between us and the employer.

Sometimes the employer has ceased to exist. If it was a company it may have been dissolved and has been struck off the Register of Companies, and we have to restore it to the Register before suing it. We have to trace its former insurers, to ensure that our client will receive the compensation to which they are entitled.

Sometimes the insurers themselves are insolvent, and we have to ensure that the Financial Services Compensation Scheme is involved to make payment.

In all cases, we chose the best experts to help us prepare evidence to prove liability for the injury, the medical consequences, and the long-term financial cost to the client. Our industrial disease compensation team has experience of employment law and works in liaison with employment lawyers to ensure that all aspects of the client's problems are addressed and the best and quickest remedies are pursued.