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Lung Cancer Awareness Month – Raising Awareness of Lung Cancer and the Effect of Asbestos Exposure
This year, November 2022 is dedicated as Lung Cancer Awareness Month 2022 – to raise awareness of the third most common cancer in the UK. According to Cancer Research UK,…
November 18, 2022
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Asbestos Related Diseases: The Statistics
Health and Safety Executive The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) periodically releases statistics about asbestos related diseases in the UK. The HSE’s latest statistics report, based on data for 2020,…
The importation and new use of asbestos was finally banned in the UK in 1999 , more than 60 years after the first regulations to protect asbestos workers came into force…
Widow Sues Thames Water Utilities for Husband’s Asbestos-related Death
Our client instructed us to help him obtain compensation from his former employer, following his diagnosis of Mesothelioma, caused by his exposure to Asbestos dust at work. Our client was…
Action Mesothelioma Day takes place on the first Friday of July every year. During 2022, this unique day of awareness and remembrance is on Friday 1st July. The main intention…
Mesothelioma Claims – A History of Asbestos Exposure & International Workers Memorial Day
International Workers Memorial Day was first brought to the UK in 1992, by the late great Hazards Campaigner, Tommy Harte as a day to “Remember the Dead: Fight for the…
April 28, 2022
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Global Asbestos Awareness Week: 1-7 April 2022
Global Asbestos Awareness Week – Increasing Awareness of the Dangers of Asbestos Exposure This year, the week of 01 April – 07 April 2022 is dedicated to Global Asbestos Awareness…
April 1, 2022
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The Importance Of Provisional Damages In Asbestos Disease Claims
Types of settlement Most compensation claims for a personal injury are settled on a full and final basis. This means the injured person receives compensation for the injury they have…
Our Client was employed from the late 1950’s until the mid-1960’s, working for a relative’s business as an apprentice labourer. During this period of employment, our Client was exposed to…
Special Payments Announced for Asbestosis & Pleural Thickening Claimants
The Asbestos Victims Support Group Forum have been informed that a special payment will be made to claimants of asbestosis and pleural thickening who missed out on Government compensation due…
August 4, 2021
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mesothelioma
Trades That Worked With Asbestos Materials – Plumbers
Our specialist Asbestos Disease Team have jointly been dealing with asbestos disease claims for many decades and have a huge amount of knowledge about how different workers were exposed to…
Mesothelioma Sufferer Secures Compensation From Government Scheme
We were instructed to seek compensation by a living Mesothelioma Client. Our Client was employed in the 1950’s for approximately nine months as a bricklayer’s labourer in the Greater London…
July 21, 2021
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Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme
We were instructed to seek compensation by a living mesothelioma Client. Our Client was employed between 1975/76 and 1977/78 by a company which is no longer trading. He was involved…
July 13, 2021
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mesothelioma
Former teacher wins claim against previous employers over asbestos exposure
We were instructed by a living mesothelioma client who was exposed to asbestos during an isolated incident whilst employed as a teacher and lecturer. Our client was employed in a…
July 13, 2021
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mesothelioma
Vital witness evidence
We were instructed by the family of a deceased instrument engineer who had been exposed to asbestos at the BP oil refinery in Kent. In 2016, he was diagnosed with…
July 13, 2021
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mesothelioma
Successful asbestos settlement claim
We were instructed by a client who had been diagnosed with mesothelioma. He was a retired lift engineer and had worked for the same elevator company for many years. Our…
July 13, 2021
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mesothelioma
Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme settlement
Our expert Asbestos Team were instructed by a client suffering from mesothelioma. We took full instructions from him and established that his exposure to asbestos dust most likely came from…
July 13, 2021
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mesothelioma
Peritoneal malignant mesothelioma claim
Mr N from Northamptonshire instructed Hodge Jones & Allen solicitors following a diagnosis of peritoneal malignant mesothelioma, a rarer form of the disease affecting the lining of the abdomen. This…
July 13, 2021
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asbestosis
Asbestosis Claim
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…
