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Making an asbestos claim for compensation as soon as possible after any asbestos-related disease diagnosis is vital for several reasons.
Apart from the fact that the associated conditions may be life-limiting and doctors cannot predict how long a sufferer may have to live, depending on the potential for treatment, most claimants would like to be able to have a financial settlement as security for their dependents or provide extra comfort in their final years.
Another consideration is the legal process involved in seeking damages for personal injury from the person or organisation deemed liable, which will take some time from an initial consultation with a personal injury solicitor through to High Court approval for any sum agreed.
There is also the fact that some cases of exposure to asbestos are harder to prove than others, which can include claims relating to a period before the dangers of the substance were recognised.
In July 2011, a judge decided a 78-year-old woman from the north-east of England who was suffering from mesothelioma was not entitled to compensation despite having been employed in a factory where she was working close to asbestos-lagged heating pipes and was likely to have breathed in toxic dust.
He said that, although he accepted the contamination was likely to have happened during one of her two spells of working in the factory, the first of which was before 1960, because the dangers of asbestos were not common knowledge at that time or even when she went back to work at the Jarrow site from 1962-72, her employers could not have been expected to take reasonable safety precautions to protect staff from the asbestos in the air.
A lawyer who is experienced in handling industrial disease claims, such as those involving asbestosis, will be able to advise on the procedures for presenting a viable case to a judge, giving it the best chance of success.
Regular payments of government benefits are usually available to people who have become disabled through their work. This regular income is not means-tested and will be in addition to any sum awarded in compensation from an employer or person found responsible for allowing a claimant to be at risk of contamination from asbestos fibres.
Solicitor for asbestos claim
YouClaim's solicitors have helped many people to obtain justified compensation for an asbestos claim with their prompt and efficient service.
Once you have decided to seek our assistance, you and your loved ones will be treated with sympathy allied to professionalism as supervised by the Law Society.
With time being of the essence in an asbestosis or mesothelioma case, we make it easy to contact us initially then keep in touch thanks to the internet.
You can send us some basic information about your asbestos claim by using the form on this webpage and we'll get back to you. Alternatively, speak to one of our knowledgeable legal advisers on 0800 10 757 95.
