Mesothelioma and asbestosis worldwide

Every year, the mesothelioma and asbestosis claim specialists at YouClaim help many people from across the UK claim asbestos compensation.

These mesothelioma and asbestosis claims all form part of asbestos's tragic legacy. Given that the dangers of asbestos and its links with a plethora of conditions and cancers, such as asbestosis and mesothelioma, were first documented long before its UK ban in the 1970s, it is catastrophic that its use continued in this country for so long.

Shockingly, despite its known risks, the use, manufacture and recycling of asbestos continues in many of the world's developing countries. For workers in these countries, limited health and safety laws place them at high risk of developing asbestos-related illnesses.

In countries like China and Brazil the majority of workers have little recourse to the personal injury compensation litigation processes. They often have limited access to work accident compensation solicitors as the no win, no fee claims and legal aid systems of their nation states are either non-existent or underdeveloped.

This means that when workers develop asbestos-related illnesses they have no or limited means for making mesothelioma or asbestosis claims.

Hopefully, with the International Labour Organisation calling for a complete worldwide ban on the use of asbestos, the sad predicament of today's current asbestos workers may change.

A promising precedent was set by South Africa in 2004 then they announced a total ban on the use of asbestos. Since then, a number of South Africans have received compensation from asbestosis claims, mesothelioma claims as well as for other asbestos-related illnesses.

Former South African asbestos workers who developed asbestos-related conditions while working for British companies in South Africa have successfully won the right to bring their personal injury compensation claims to the UK courts on a no win, no fee basis. The grounds for this were laid down in a landmark House of Lords ruling in 2000.

Yet due to the long incubation period associated with asbestos-related diseases, asbestosis claims, as well as those for mesothelioma, lung cancer and pleural thickening, may well soar to global epidemic proportions over the next 30 to 40 years.

With worldwide asbestos-related deaths estimated at more than 100,000 a year, a global ban and framework for workers and their families to make mesothelioma and asbestosis claims can't come soon enough.

Making a mesothelioma or asbestosis claim
If you have developed asbestosis or mesothelioma through exposure to asbestos in the workplace, you are very probably entitled to asbestos compensation.

Here at YouClaim, our panel of no win, no fee solicitors have years of experience in dealing sensitively and expertly with mesothelioma and asbestosis claims.

For the person, and the friends and family of the person, who is suffering from an asbestos-related illness, making a compensation claim should be completely risk-free.

Making an asbestos compensation claim is without any financial risk. At no stage of the compensation claim process do we charge our clients a penny in costs or fees.

And, even in the unlikely event that your asbestos claim is unsuccessful, you will not have to pay the opposing side anything either.

Get in touch with us today and discover how we can help you make a mesothelioma or asbestosis claim.

You can request a call back, fill out an online claim form or call us now on 0800 10 757 95.