Disaster Claims

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Higher standards in managing health and safety issues mean that Britain is generally a safe place in which to live, work and relax.

However, even in a well-ordered and regulated society, extraordinary events can occur and blight ordinary peoples' lives.

This is true, whether thousands of people are gathered together at sporting events such as the Bradford City fire tragedy or far fewer as at the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster.

Disasters fill the headlines before fading from view - except for those who lost love ones, or who escaped but still suffer from the resulting stress, for whom events such as these remain all too real.

If you have lost a loved one in a major disaster, have been injured or have escaped but are struggling to cope with the trauma and are unable to return to work, you may wish to seek professional support.

Corries has the strength-in-depth and experience in handling personal actions to provide full support to victims and their families after a major disaster.

We combine the highest standards of legal expertise and personal support at minimal financial risk to clients to enable them to exercise their rights when their lives are scarred in this way through no fault of their own.

Handling The Media

Major disasters are tragic and necessarily high-profile events. As such, and where negligence or terrorism may be a factor, they attract a great deal of media attention.

If you saw what happened, have lost a loved one or are injured but at home you may be approached by journalists to be interviewed for their media organisation.

This can often be too much for people suffering from severe trauma but press enquiries should be handled in a clear, professional way wherever possible.

It is also necessary, where a disaster is a result of negligence of some kind, that public comment from those who may later be entitled to compensation represent a consistent, uniform point of view.

Corries has a professional media resource which can be brought into play in such circumstances and lawyers who are experienced in dealing with the media and are able to represent groups of victims or individuals in voicing their accounts and concerns.

If you think you may have a claim, please call 0800 043 8884 for an informal chat to discuss your situation or simply fill in our online form on this page.