The 2012 edition of the leading law guide, Chambers and Partners, has again given top rankings to John Pickering and Partners LLP.

The firm is ranked in the top nationwide bracket for firms who specialise in doing industrial disease claims under the category “Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant: Industrial Disease: UK-wide.”

 

The law guide says in relation to the nationwide industrial disease category:

 

            “John Pickering and Partners is nationally recognised as a dedicated industrial disease firm, and it is admired by clients for its professionalism and compassion. With offices in Liverpool, Manchester and Halifax, the team takes on a significant volume of asbestos-related illness claims for individuals on a local, national and international basis. The firm's impressive and long track record in such matters has led to its involvement in landmark asbestos litigation cases in the House of Lords and Supreme Court. The firm's recent test case in the Supreme Court, Dianne Willmore v Knowsley MBC, concerned the claimant's exposure to asbestos whilst at school.

 

            KEY INDIVIDUALS Carolann Hepworth is a key contact in Manchester.”

 

Chambers also ranks the firm highly under the category “Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant: North West” saying:

 

            “John Pickering and Partners is a niche practice which enjoys a fantastic reputation for Its excellent work on industrial disease and asbestos-related claims. The team has "the expertise to put clients at ease and the knowledge to answer any queries" and is widely praised for being "very professional but at the same time caring." The team has a huge depth of experience and has conducted landmark asbestos litigation at the highest level.

 

            KEY INDIVIDUALS Managing the Liverpool office, Kevin Johnson is "hard-working with great judgement" and has extensive experience of asbestos-related claims. His colleague Carolann Hepworth heads the Manchester office and is also a highly experienced asbestos litigator. She is known for taking highly complex mesothelioma test cases through the courts.”

 

Our Halifax office also received praise from under the category Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant: Yorkshire.  The Chambers 2012 guide states:

 

            “This firm's long-standing reputation in industrial disease cases goes from strength to strength.  Sources praise the firm's high standards and "years of experience" litigating asbestos disease cases.   Consequently, the firm has been involved in many of the landmark cases in the House of Lords and Supreme Court. The firm's Halifax office works closely with those in Manchester and Liverpool.

 

            KEY INDIVIDUALS Halifax-based Ruth Davies is a noted name in the field with "vast amount of knowledge." She is praised by clients as "very professional, courteous and understanding." She has been playing a key part in Dianne Willmore v Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, a test case in the Supreme Court concerning low-level mesothelioma claims.”

 

Kevin Johnson commented:-

 

            “We are pleased to receive this recognition as we are a firm that always strives to provide an excellent service for our clients.  We are particularly pleased that Chambers and Partners recognised the sensitive and personal service that we always seek to offer.”

 

The recognition by Chambers and Partners follows the firm’s recent success in receiving an award from Liverpool Law Society in 2011 for Community Investment.

 

The firm also received recognition from another legal guide, the Legal 500 which ranked the firm highly in the north west category for firms who carry out claimant personal injury work and also in the category for carrying out claimant clinical negligence work in the north west.  The current edition of the guide states:

 

            “John Pickering and Partners LLP has a long history in the area of industrial disease, and has acted on several high-profile asbestos test cases. Kevin Johnson is the contact in Liverpool, and Neil Fisher is the name to note in Manchester.”

 

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About John Pickering and Partners LLP

John Pickering and Partners LLP

 

We are a dedicated personal injury law firm who do not do other types of work.  We specialise in claiming damages for asbestos sufferers. We have been handling compensation claims for industrial disease for over 30 years. Most of our work involves acting for asbestos disease victims who suffer from mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis and pleural thickening. We only act for the sufferers of asbestos diseases and never act for the organisations that caused the asbestos exposure or their insurers. We have an ethical approach and donate 10% of our net profits every year to good causes that help asbestos sufferers.  We have set up a charitable trust to help to fund medical research into mesothelioma and various organisations that help and support asbestos sufferers and their families.

 

Find out more about our donations to good causes. We have also been involved in most of the landmark judgments that shape this area of law. Find out more about us or  our reported cases. We are on the panels of several asbestos support groups and are ranked highly by legal guides.  Find out more about what others have said about us.