How lawyers can be inspiration to the industrial deafness claimant
For the industrial deafness compensation claimant the inspiration to live a full life, even with their new disability, can come from some unusual places none more so than their own personal injury lawyer.
Yet it is not uncommon for deaf people, including those with total deafness, to make successful careers as personal injury lawyers, with a number of these specialising, with unique insight, in industrial deafness claims.
Deafness case in Supreme Court
In the US, for example, there are examples of deaf lawyers representing cases at Supreme Court level. The first of these occurred as early as 1982 when a deaf lawyer took the case of 10-year-old non-hearing girl who was being denied an interpreter by her school.
Deaf product liability lawyer
Then there is the case of Kirstin Wolf who acts as a leading product liability solicitor, her deafness no impediment, as she argues her cases through the use of an interpreter. Between them they have formulated a whole range of inventive sign language for complex legal terms, such as the one they have devised to communicate "tort".
Discrimination a reality
Unfortunately, there is also one significant example of the legal system in the UK failing to adapt to the needs of deaf legal representation. This came after a county court failed to provide a deaf lawyer with a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter, even though he had requested one within the prescribed time limit.
He later won a compensation claim against the county court. At the time of his out-of-court settlement, he commented, "I was furious because I was discriminated against by a body which is expected to uphold the law."
No win, no fee lawyers skilled in proving excessive workplace noise Deafness, whether partial or whole, does not have to mean an end to a full, active and happy life, it does however necessitate real adjustment and can leave sufferers needing a long period of difficult adaptation.
In cases where it has been caused by excessive workplace noise, it should be considered that employers have been negligent in upholding their obligations to their workers, and as such it should only be considered right and proper that those affected claim compensation.
Members of the Law Society's regulatory body
The no win, no fee industrial deafness solicitors on YouClaim's panel firms are all regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and when dealing with this kind of claim, never charge you a penny in costs or fees.
Furthermore, we also protect you costs incurred by the opposing legal side, and with our no-cut commitment we deliver 100% compensation to each successful claimant.
We are no-risk and no-cost, and will give your claim the very best chance of success.
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