Our Company
Corries are the UKs foremost asbestos illness solicitors. We have fought for compensation and justice for thousands of victims and their families.
We have seen first hand the suffering victims and their families go through every single day. Our work is to obtain compensation for victims and their families to allow them to focus on their daily lives without the stress of financial worry.
Since 1996 we have recovered over £50 million in compensation.
We have seen first hand the suffering victims and their families go through every single day. Our work is to obtain compensation for victims and their families to allow them to focus on their daily lives without the stress of financial worry.
Since 1996 we have recovered over £50 million in compensation.
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Legal Developments
As laws change and new cases come to conclusion they often open up opportunities to claim which were not previously possible.
We keep a close eye on the outcomes of these cases so if we are suddenly able to help you recover compensation when we were not able to before we will let you know.
Please see this list of the important cases we have studied.
We keep a close eye on the outcomes of these cases so if we are suddenly able to help you recover compensation when we were not able to before we will let you know.
Please see this list of the important cases we have studied.
MICHAEL CHARLES HIRST v (1) WILLIAM PROCTOR AND SONS LTD (2) PROCTOR ROOFING SERVICES LTD (2007)
CC (Sheffield) (Recorder Baker QC) 6/6/2007
DAMAGES - EMPLOYMENT - PERSONAL INJURY
ASBESTOSIS : DAMAGES : EMPLOYMENT : LOSS : MORE THAN MINIMAL DAMAGE : ACTIONABLE DAMAGES
On the evidence the claimant was suffering from asbestosis which was more than minimal and was actionable damage for the purpose of the recovery of damages in a personal injury claim.
The claimant former employee (H) claimed damages for personal injury from the defendant employers (P).
H had been employed by P as a roofer for approximately 35 years. P accepted that during the course of his employment H had been wrongly exposed to significant levels of asbestos.
H issued proceedings and sought damages for personal injury and loss caused by P's negligence and for breach of statutory duty. H contended that the personal injuries caused were asbestosis and diffuse pleural thickening. Liability was conceded at trial but causation and quantum remained in dispute.
HELD: On the evidence H was not suffering from diffuse pleural thickening but was suffering from asbestosis. The asbestosis had already caused H to suffer material physical damage, namely a one per cent disability, together with a significant loss of reserve lung capacity.
Whilst the effect of that damage was not at present substantial it was certainly more than minimal and was actionable damage for the purpose of the recovery of damages.
Judgment for claimant
Counsel:
For the claimant: Matthew Phillips
For the defendants: Fiona Ashworth
Solicitors:
For the claimant: Irwin Mitchell (Sheffield)
For the defendants: Halliwells
LTL 21/1/2008 (Unreported elsewhere)
Judgment: Approved - 19 pages
Document No.: AC0115523
DAMAGES - EMPLOYMENT - PERSONAL INJURY
ASBESTOSIS : DAMAGES : EMPLOYMENT : LOSS : MORE THAN MINIMAL DAMAGE : ACTIONABLE DAMAGES
On the evidence the claimant was suffering from asbestosis which was more than minimal and was actionable damage for the purpose of the recovery of damages in a personal injury claim.
The claimant former employee (H) claimed damages for personal injury from the defendant employers (P).
H had been employed by P as a roofer for approximately 35 years. P accepted that during the course of his employment H had been wrongly exposed to significant levels of asbestos.
H issued proceedings and sought damages for personal injury and loss caused by P's negligence and for breach of statutory duty. H contended that the personal injuries caused were asbestosis and diffuse pleural thickening. Liability was conceded at trial but causation and quantum remained in dispute.
HELD: On the evidence H was not suffering from diffuse pleural thickening but was suffering from asbestosis. The asbestosis had already caused H to suffer material physical damage, namely a one per cent disability, together with a significant loss of reserve lung capacity.
Whilst the effect of that damage was not at present substantial it was certainly more than minimal and was actionable damage for the purpose of the recovery of damages.
Judgment for claimant
Counsel:
For the claimant: Matthew Phillips
For the defendants: Fiona Ashworth
Solicitors:
For the claimant: Irwin Mitchell (Sheffield)
For the defendants: Halliwells
LTL 21/1/2008 (Unreported elsewhere)
Judgment: Approved - 19 pages
Document No.: AC0115523
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