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Helen Childs, head of our specialist asbestos claims team, recently settled a mesothelioma claim for the family of a Southampton man who was exposed to asbestos after visiting HMS Sheffield when it was under construction in the 1970s.
Posted by Helen Childs, Partner
JC was only a teenager when he had a motorcycle accident which resulted in severe leg injuries.
Posted by Helen Childs, Partner
This free education day will feature a number of experienced and expert speakers in the field of asbestos-related disease, and will be of interest to all healthcare professionals involved in the management of patients with related conditions.
Posted by Helen Childs, Partner
Gerald, a retired paper mill worker, developed mesothelioma in 2014.
Posted by Helen Childs, Partner
Royds Withy King have recently settled a claim for a Mesothelioma sufferer who died in May 2003 aged 75.
Posted by Helen Childs, Partner
Mr J was born in 1939 and diagnosed with mesothelioma in January of 2017 when he was aged 77.
Posted by Helen Childs, Partner
Our specialist asbestos claims team have been instructed by the family of the late Graham Jones who sadly developed and died from mesothelioma, an asbestos related cancer. We are investigating how Mr Jones may have come into contact with asbestos …
Posted by Helen Childs, Partner
Our specialist asbestos claims team has been instructed by the family of a gentleman who has sadly developed and died from mesothelioma. We are investigating how he may have come into contact with asbestos and are interested in speaking with …
Posted by Helen Childs, Partner
The head of the Industrial Diseases team at law firm Royds Withy King has recently been appointed to Mesothelioma UK’s Board of Trustees. Partner Helen Childs, who is nationally-renowned for successfully pursuing complex industrial diseases legal claims, has been appointed …
Posted by Helen Childs, Partner
Mr L was only 68 when he developed mesothelioma in the summer of 2018. He described exposure to asbestos for three or four lagging companies in the 1960s.
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June W was secretary in Cape Asbestos Factory in Hebden Bridge in the 1950s. She regularly used to have to go out onto the factory floor to deliver and collect messages. Mrs W married her husband Colin in the 1960’s and in 1971 they emigrated to Australia. Mrs W became unwell and was diagnosed with mesothelioma from which she died just before Christmas 2017.
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Mr N, who was born in Nigeria in 1938, came over to England in the 1960s and started studying to become a doctor. He only had partial funding so had to work throughout all of his holidays in order to support himself. He worked at Johnson Matthey and also Atlas Stone.