Negligence in Industrial Disease Cases
Industrial disease cases can be complex and require specialist legal knowledge to ensure that the victims of what are often very debilitating and sometimes life changing injuries recover the compensation they deserve.
As a result of major changes to the legal system in 2013, in particular the amount of costs solicitors could recover for assisting personal injury victims, a number of law firms who historically avoided industrial disease cases started to accept claims including:-
- Industrial deafness and tinnitus
- Vibration white finger
- Asbestosis and associated chest complaints
- Repetitive strain injuries and upper limb disorders
- Industrial asthma
- Bladder cancer and other occupational cancers
Many of the solicitors firms who moved in to this area of law recruited specialist staff with the knowledge and experience necessary to ensure that their clients received the best possible advice and ultimately achieved the right outcome. However, sadly some did not and instead simply sought to reallocate their existing staff who although may have had proven track records in other areas of personal injury law – such as road traffic injuries – had little or no experience of disease litigation. As a result it was almost inevitable that mistakes would be made sometimes leaving the client thousands of pounds worse off than they should have been or perhaps even without any compensation at all.
Clear Law are here to help you rectify the problem and to get you the compensation you deserved all along. If we believe that your industrial disease case was under settled or that you failed to obtain the correct amount, or indeed no award at all, due to the negligence of your solicitors then we may be able to take action against your legal representatives to recover the money you are owed. There could be a number of reasons why your chosen solicitors were negligent including:-
- Incorrect valuation of your case
- Incomplete medical evidence
- Giving you bad advice on a settlement offer
- Failure to fully advise on provisional or full and final offer options (usually in asbestos or cancer cases)
- Missing deadlines
- Failing to trace and identify all former employers resulting in a deduction to your award
Whatever the reason, Clear Law may be able to help. Our solicitors only ever accept cases on a no win no fee basis so it is free to contact us and if your case is accepted them there are no upfront costs and you pay nothing if your case is unsuccessful.
