Asbestos claims & compensation

This is personal to you and will depend upon the asbestos condition you suffer from. Many mesothelioma claims settle for sums between £100,000 and £400,000.

Our specialist team is experienced in ensuring that you and your family receive the maximum compensation you are entitled to.

Compensation will include an award for the pain and suffering caused by your illness. In addition compensation can also be claimed in respect of care needs, financial losses, medical care and treatment.

All of our claims are run on a no-win, no fee basis. There will be no charge or financial risk to you by making a claim. If the claim is not successful, there will be nothing for you to pay.

Speak to our specialist team to find out more about the no-win, no fee agreements.

The time it takes to pursue a claim depends on the complexity of the claim, how the defendants respond to the claim and whether we need to issue court proceedings.

Most claims are resolved within 6 months – 3 years.

We will endeavour to trace the employers’ liability insurers of your former employers who will be responsible for paying the compensation you are entitled to.

If your former employer did not have insurance, it may be possible to pursue a claim under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme if you suffer with mesothelioma.

If you are unsure how you were exposed to asbestos, please speak to one of our specialist asbestos team who will speak to you about your work history to identify areas in which you might have come into contact with asbestos.

It is a good idea to speak to former work colleagues to see whether they know how you might have come into contact with asbestos. We can considering running witness appeals on Facebook and in local newspapers to find former colleagues if necessary.

It might also be useful to speak to family members to see whether they came into contact with asbestos and whether they might have brought asbestos fibres home on their clothes.

You should also consider whether you lived near a site which manufactured asbestos.

You can only pursue a civil compensation in England and Wales if you have been diagnosed with one of the following asbestos conditions:

• Mesothelioma
• Asbestos-related lung cancer
• Asbestosis
• Diffuse pleural thickening

If you have been exposed to asbestos, we would recommend documenting how and when with your GP if you do go on to develop an asbestos condition in due course. Unfortunately, it is not possible to claim compensation for the anxiety about developing a condition in the future.

Generally, you have 3 years within which to make a claim, from the date on which you were diagnosed with an asbestos-related condition or the date from which you realised that your chest problems might be related to asbestos.

If you were diagnosed over 3 years ago, please speak to one of our specialist solicitors to explain why you have not made a claim previously. There may be some discretion to bring a claim out of time if there is good reason.

You have 3 years from the date of death of someone who passed away to bring a claim. The personal representative of their estate can bring a claim on behalf of their estate.

The difficulty with this is that we will be unable to take any evidence from your loved one about how they were exposed. Instead, we will need to try and take some evidence from their former work colleagues to see whether they know how you might have come into contact with asbestos. We can also considering running witness appeals on Facebook and in local newspapers to find former colleagues if necessary.