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Cenric Clement-Evans discusses the ongoing problem with asbestos in UK schools in an article featured on the APIL website. As a personal injury lawyer, my role is normally to try and help people piece back together their lives after suffering serious injury. Campaigning on the issue of asbestos in schools, though, gives me a rare…
Lucy Boyle discusses the new payment system for victims of asbestos. Since July 2014 The Diffuse Mesothelioma Payments Scheme has made payments to people suffering from mesothelioma. The Diffuse Mesothelioma Payments Scheme was created by the Mesothelioma Act 2014 and is detailed in the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme Regulations 2014 When the scheme was first…
Only a quarter of people who have suffered a personal injury are likely to claim, a new study has revealed. A poll by YouGov found the proportion of injury victims willing to claim had fallen since 2013, when it stood at 29%.Just over a third (35%) who had had an accident or illness, decided not…
Richard Meggitt and part of the Serious Injury Team at ASD assisted Mr T of Sheffield who was seriously injured following a road accident.The client suffered life changing injuries to his leg. Mr T was thrown from his motorbike when a motorist emerged from a traffic calming measure in Parson Cross, Sheffield. The motorist denied…
Injured in a road traffic accident? Within a matter of hours you are likely to be referred by an insurer to a solicitor without even realising it. The solicitors are often owned by an insurer. Your claim will be dealt with by an unqualified claim handler who you will never see and may not be…
The first point of contact for an injured person should be a Solicitor. Sadly since the late 1990s many injury victims have been drawn in to contacting claims management companies. These unqualified claims handlers exist only to make money by selling the details of the injured person to a solicitor. Claims companies often mislead and…
Mesothelioma is a rare type of cancer which means information on the disease is not as readily available as other cancers. We take a look at some of myths and truths behind this devastating disease. Only people exposed to asbestos long-term are at risk from mesothelioma Myth It’s been proven that even a…
People making claims for compensation are not usually offered the facility of a face to face meeting with a qualified Solicitor. Many never meet their Lawyer! The majority of Solicitors simply send out confusing questionnaires for clients to complete and return. The claim is often dealt with by non-qualified staff. I do not regard…
Many people that I speak to believe that the value of a personal injury claim is fixed, and not dependent upon the Solicitor that is used. This is fundamentally wrong. The value of a claim is not fixed but is ultimately determined by the quality of the medical evidence obtained. The medical evidence is often…
A recent study by Dutch pulmonologists Dr. Paul Baas and Dr. JA Burgers of AVL/NKI Cancer Center in Amsterdam looked at over 58,000 Dutch construction workers from 1986 to 2007, who were likely to have been exposed to asbestos due to the nature of the projects they had worked on. The study confirmed what other…