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When a worker (and their personal injury solicitor) wins a compensation claim because an employer has neglected to protect an employee from harm, that worker and his family often rely on the financial award to maintain a certain standard of living or to obtain treatment and rehabilitation for injuries or illness.
Large companies that are found to have been negligent and responsible for the ill health and/or injury to many employees and/or members of the public are sometimes required to set up compensation funds (often regulated by the government) so that as new cases of industrial illness, particularly asbestosis and mesothelioma, are diagnosed in their employees and ex-employees, those workers have ready access to funds when a compensation claim is settled.
However, in 2009, a case in Australia saw the global economic conditions of the time so affect a compensation fund for asbestos disease victims who had been exposed to the deadly fibres whilst in the employment of or after using products manufactured by a large building materials firm, that the company made the stark admission that there would be a shortfall of up to $160 million AUD in the fund as they could not afford to make payments into the fund during the global recession.
It was suggested that the settlement of compensation claim awards could be made from the fund in instalments; however, victim's campaign groups rejected this solution. Calls were made for Australian government to bail out the fund by making contributions on behalf of the economically stricken firm as there was a fear that if the firm collapsed fully it would further hinder access to compensation claim funds.
The president of Australia's Asbestos Victims Association said, "When you consider the average time frame between diagnosis and death with [mesothelioma] is about 155 days … people that are suffering this condition really want things finished, settled so they know their families are going to be OK when they're gone."
Making personal injury compensation claims with YouClaim
The experienced personal injury solicitors on the YouClaim panel believe that making a compensation claim should be as straightforward as possible. We therefore endeavour, at all times, to discuss the case with you in clear, jargon-free terms, with sensitivity and respect for the situation that you and your family may be coping with.
Apart from certain complex medical negligence cases, where fees for services may be required prior to initiation of the case, YouClaim's service entirely cost free – it is "no win no fee" in the truest sense of the words. You will be protected from all costs and fees - even in the rare case of a lost claim – and in a won case you are guaranteed to receive 100 per cent compensation as we never take a penny.
For a no obligation discussion call our friendly, yet knowledgeable legal advisors on our free and confidential UK helpline: 0800 10 757 95.
If you do not wish to call us at this moment we can always call you back at a time to suit you. Alternatively, you may wish to fill in our online claim form giving us brief details of your illness or injury and one of our personal injury solicitors will look into the details before we discuss going ahead with the compensation claim.
