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Retired Electrician Mr L instructed Hodge Jones & Allen solicitors about lung disease caused by occupational exposure to asbestos. He first suspected the link in 2014, when he was referred…
July 13, 2021
Opinion
mesothelioma
Workers’ Memorial Day 2021
Workers’ Memorial Day is on 28th April every year and is a worldwide day of remembrance to think about those who have died at work. With today’s health and safety…
Trades That Worked With Asbestos Materials – Electricians
Our Asbestos Team have jointly been dealing with asbestos disease claims for many decades and have a wealth of knowledge about how different workers were exposed to asbestos. We thought…
Can I make an asbestos compensation claim if my former employer no longer exists?
There is a common belief that you are unable to pursue an asbestos related compensation claim against a former employer if they have stopped trading and no longer exist. This…
March 8, 2021
Blog
Trades that worked with asbestos materials – carpenters and joiners
Our asbestos team specialists have been dealing with asbestos disease claims for many decades and have a wealth of knowledge about how different workers were exposed to asbestos. We thought...
Asbestos is a killer; a stark statement perhaps, but one we can confidently make because our specialist lawyers witness every day the devastating effects of historic asbestos exposure on individuals…
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) is a Government state benefit scheme for people who are disabled as a result of injury or disease arising from work. The scheme is administered...
Can I claim compensation for the worry of knowing I have been exposed to asbestos?
The use of asbestos materials was extensive in the UK for many decades, particularly during the 1960s. In fact many buildings today still contain asbestos materials which were installed many...
In English law, compensation for bereavement in claims arising out of the death of an injured person due to negligence of another, is fixed by Government made law. A statutory…
Mesothelioma claims: the difference between a living client claim and a fatal claim
We regularly are settling mesothelioma claims within the specialist asbestos team at Hodge Jones & Allen. Many of those settlements are for the mesothelioma sufferer but some are for their...
Action Mesothelioma Day takes place on the first Friday of July every year. During 2020, this special day of awareness and remembrance is on Friday 3rd July. The main intention...
Asbestos was extensively used in the UK for many decades but it is only now we are seeing the devastating effects of that asbestos use from so long ago. Our...
The Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme is a Scheme “designed to compensate people with Diffuse Mesothelioma who, either negligently or in breach of statutory duty, were exposed to asbestos by their…
The first client meeting is crucial in any legal case. This is even more so with asbestos claims, particularly if they involve a client with mesothelioma compensation. In a straightforward...
How COVID-19 is affecting asbestos-related disease sufferers
We look at how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting those with pre-existing or undiagnosed asbestos-related conditions. As the NHS is under intense pressure to treat patients affected by COVID-19, Cancer...
COVID-19: Extreme Vulnerability For Asbestos Disease Sufferers
Our clients who are living with asbestos diseases fall into the category of people classed by the Government as “extremely vulnerable” and who are currently being shielded during the COVID-19…
April 5, 2020
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Diagnosis Of Mesothelioma – What Next?
Most people given the diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma will never have heard of this aggressive condition before, yet more people in the UK die from this disease than are killed...
In order to claim compensation we have to be able to show that you were negligently exposed to asbestos fibres and that this exposure has caused your asbestos disease. Usually...
Dangers of Asbestos from Clothing and Legal Issues
We are seeing an increasing number of women who contract mesothelioma from asbestos and often without any occupational history of exposure themselves. Though women are perhaps less likely to have...
Recovery of hospice and palliative care costs in a civil claim
In claims involving disabling or terminal asbestos diseases, such as mesothelioma or advanced asbestosis, it is common for victims to need care and assistance, which is usually provided by family...
