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John Pickering and Partners LLP ranked top in the UK for Asbestos Claims
The 2009 edition of Chambers Legal Directory has ranked John Pickering and Partners LLP, in the top tier of industrial disease firms along with 2 other national firms. The firm is top ranked in the category of “Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant: Industrial Disease (Best of the UK).” The firm is also highly ranked in the regional north-west category for doing claimant personal injury work. The directory says: This “established firm with an enviable reputation” is acclaimed for its track record and expertise in leading many important industrial disease cases. Acting only on behalf of claimants and exclusively in niche occupational asthma, asbestos and other disease claims, it receives praise for its “ground-breaking work and straightforward, dedicated approach.” In the words of one observer: “The fact that all the partners are ‘hands-on’ asbestos claim litigators is a real strength as it ensures quality in every case.” The firm is known for its union work, and partner Kevin Johnson retains his reputation as a pre-eminent practitioner in the field. This recognition follows an award from Liverpool Law Society in 2007 of specialist law firm of the year. The law guide rankings also attracted recognition from papers in two of the areas where our offices are based. Click here to read the feature in the Liverpool Daily Post or click here to read the article in the Halifax Courier. Kevin Johnson, partner in our Liverpool office says : “We are very pleased to receive this national recognition for the quality of work that we provide to asbestos disease sufferers.” For further details contact: Notes to the editor About John Pickering and Partners LLP- Specialist asbestos compensation solicitors. John Pickering and Partners LLP is a niche legal practice that has represented Claimants in the leading asbestos "test cases" in the last ten years. The firm represented Sylvia Barker in Barker v Corus (UK) Plc, a case that highlighted the legal tactics of employers and insurers trying to cut back their compensation liabilities to mesothelioma sufferers, and which prompted the amendment of the Compensation Act 2006 to ensure full compensation for mesothelioma claims. The firm represented two of the three Claimants in the Fairchild appeal, in which the insurance industry tried unsuccessfully to block compensation altogether for mesothelioma sufferers unable to identify which of two or more sources of asbestos exposure had caused their illness. The firm represented Alice Jefferson, a mesothelioma sufferer, whose illness and compensation claim against Cape Asbestos were featured in the important documentary "Alice: A Fight For Life." Shown by Yorkshire Television in July 1982, the programme was an important catalyst for legal change and public awareness of the plight of the victims of asbestos. Chambers & Partners is an internationally regarded law guide that ranks the foremost law firms who practice in particular specialist areas of law. The 2009 edition of the directory was published on 5th November 2008. Follow this link for further details- Chambers and Partners : Chambers UK Guide All Editorial Further information: Telephone: 0151 227 1214
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