INDUSTRIAL DISEASE COMPENSATION CLAIMS UK

• Repetitive Strain Injury
• Vibration White Finger
• Work Induced Stress
• Industrial Deafness
• Skin Disease
• Respiratory Disease
• Asbestosis
• Mesothelioma
• Pleural Disease

Our solicitors are all members of The Law Society panel of personal injury experts who deal with thousands of industrial illness claims each year and can help you get the compensation that you deserve. Compensation may be awarded for the following items:

• Loss of past income
• Loss of future income;
• Loss of pension;
• Claim for dependants;
• Gratuitous assistance;
• Medical expenses for the past and for the future;
• Assistance for the future;
• Pain and Suffering (including psychological damage);
• Loss of amenities of life;
• Prescriptions;
• Reduced employment prospects in the future;
• Expenses in relation to the claim:

The primary limitation period for taking action for damages is three years from the date of the negligence, however in the case of an industrial disease the three year period does not start running until the claimant had or ought to have had, knowledge of the illness. If the claim is not settled or legal proceedings have not been started by the expiry of the three year period then the opportunity to claim will usually have been lost.

A summary of the law extracted from The Limitation Act 1980 is outlined below:

• In actions for damages for personal injury, the limitation period is three years. This starts to run either from the date on which the injury occurred or from the date on which the person injured first had knowledge of the injury. The date of knowledge is the first date on which the claimant has knowledge:
  • that the injury in question was significant;
  • that the injury was attributable to negligence;
  • the identity of the defendant:
• The court can extend the normal limitation period where the claimant was an infant, or a person of unsound mind.
• The court has a wider power to extend the normal time limits. The considerations for the exercise of this power are:
  • the length of and reasons for delay;
  • whether the evidence is affected by delay;
  • the defendant's conduct;
  • the duration of disability;
  • whether the claimant acted promptly and reasonably;
  • the steps taken to obtain expert advice;
  • the nature of the expert evidence:

The solicitors that we recommend are mature experienced specialists and have many years of successful industrial disease claim settlements behind them. Your solicitor will initially assess your claim at no cost to you and will then deal with your claim using the no win no fee scheme. From the very start your compensation claim will always be in the hands of an experienced specialist solicitor and you will not have to deal with any unqualified junior member of their staff.

If you would like free advice from a specialist personal injury solicitor then just complete the industrial disease report form and a member of The Law Society panel of personal injury experts will phone you to discuss your claim.

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