We successfully obtained compensation for Mr Hodgson who works as a baggage handler at a busy international airport. Last year he was accidentally struck on the head with a suitcase which was being handled by a workmate. As a result of his accident he suffered lacerations to his left ear and endured a period of headaches.

 

Shortly after his accident he contacted John Pickering and Partners LLP where his claim was dealt with by a qualified solicitor on a ‘no win, no fee’ basis. We investigated matters and quickly obtained an admission of fault from Mr Hodgson’s employer.

 

It was then arranged for Mr Hodgson to be examined by a consultant neurologist who prepared a report on his injuries. Mr Hodgson obtained £2750.00 in compensation and had his legal costs paid for by the other side.

 

Mr Hodgson made these comments about this firm:

 

‘I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your professionalism and conduct in dealing with my case swiftly’

 

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John Pickering and Partners LLP- Specialist mesothelioma compensation solicitors.

 

We are a specialist personal injury law firm.  We have been handling claims for industrial disease for over 30 years.  Most of our work involves acting for asbestos disease victims. 

 

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 pledge to donate 10% of our net profits every year to good causes that help asbestos sufferers.

 

Click here to find out 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 find out about our reported cases.  We are on the panels of several asbestos support groups and are ranked highly by legal guides.  Click here to find out more about what others have said about us.

 

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 mesothelioma and other asbestos disease sufferers and a prompt for important legal reform.

 

Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that affects the lining of certain bodily organs.  It most commonly affects the lining of the lungs (the pleura) but it can affect other areas including organs in the abdominal cavity (the peritoneum).

 

According to the British Lung Foundation, more than 2,000 people are diagnosed with mesothelioma every year in the UK and there is one mesothelioma death every five hours. The number of deaths from mesothelioma increased from 153 in 1968 to 1,969 in 2004 and is expected to peak at 2,450 between 2011 and 2015.

 

The British Lung Foundation, supported by John Pickering and Partners LLP, launched the first Action Mesothelioma Day on 27th February 2006, to raise awareness about mesothelioma, to improve the treatment and care of mesothelioma patients, and to lobby for better funding for research into mesothelioma and for the protection and education of people working with asbestos.

 

If you need advice about an asbestos related illness, contact us now for information about making a claim for compensation.

 

 

 

 

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