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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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Here is a round up of some news items relating to asbestos and the illnesses it causes.
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BBC News - 14th November
Lawyers are set to mount a bid to win compensation for thousands of workers who have been struck down by an asbestos-related health condition.
If successful, solicitors believe up to £1bn could be paid to people with pleural plaques - scarring on the lung lining due to asbestos exposure.
The insurance industry is keen to end compensation claims for the condition.
It hopes to do so by taking a case to the Court of Appeal in London. Lawyers said:
"For over 20 years the courts have accepted that pleural plaques, together with the increased risk of future disease and related anxiety, constitutes an injury and should therefore be compensated.
"The majority of people who develop any type of asbestos-related disease, including pleural plaques, do so because their employers were negligent in failing to protect them from exposure to asbestos.
"This case is about the right of those people to continue to receive awards of compensation for the injury they have suffered."
If successful, solicitors believe up to £1bn could be paid to people with pleural plaques - scarring on the lung lining due to asbestos exposure.
The insurance industry is keen to end compensation claims for the condition.
It hopes to do so by taking a case to the Court of Appeal in London. Lawyers said:
"For over 20 years the courts have accepted that pleural plaques, together with the increased risk of future disease and related anxiety, constitutes an injury and should therefore be compensated.
"The majority of people who develop any type of asbestos-related disease, including pleural plaques, do so because their employers were negligent in failing to protect them from exposure to asbestos.
"This case is about the right of those people to continue to receive awards of compensation for the injury they have suffered."
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