Posted by Helen Childs, Partner
When R was diagnosed with mesothelioma his first thoughts about where he had come into contact with asbestos were that it must have been when he lived in South Africa as a child.
Posted by Helen Childs, Partner
W died of mesothelioma in August 2016. His conditions developed very quickly and he had no chance to seek legal advice or to make a full lifetime statement. However he described exposure to asbestos when he helped build the new JR hospital in Oxford.
Posted by Helen Childs, Partner
K was only 59 when he was diagnosed with mesothelioma in October 2016. A plumber by trade, he had come into contact with asbestos as a youngster, in the 1970s and 80s.
Posted by Helen Childs, Partner
P was a retired former swimming pool and leisure centre manager who had been exposed to asbestos when he was first working in the West Midlands in the 1960’s and 70’s. Asbestos was widely used on the heating systems for the swimming pools.
Posted by Jennifer Seavor, Senior Associate
In July 2016, Mr T contacted specialist asbestos diseases solicitor Jennifer Seavor following his diagnosis of asbestosis in June of the same year.
Posted by Jennifer Seavor, Senior Associate
Mr W was in his 80s when he developed mesothelioma. He and his wife had emigrated to Skiathos many years before where they owned a substantial property with a large garden and a grove of olive trees.
Posted by Jennifer Seavor, Senior Associate
RWK were instructed by the family of Edward “Ted” Facey to investigate a claim for compensation arising from Ted’s death as a result of mesothelioma on 28 February 2015.
Posted by Helen Childs, Partner
Mrs H developed mesothelioma. She could not recall definite exposure to asbestos during the course of her own employment and the first solicitor she contacted was unable to continue with the claim.
Posted by Helen Childs, Partner
Mrs 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.
Posted by Rachel James, Senior Associate
Rachel James recently acted for Mrs L, the daughter of Mr A who had passed away from asbestosis, having worked as a factory maintenance worker for A Pank and Sons Ltd and Carley’s chocolate factory in Norwich.
Posted by Helen Childs, Partner
Mr L was only 68 when he developed mesothelioma in the summer of 2018.
Posted by Jennifer Seavor, Senior Associate
John Buy was exposed to asbestos whilst employed by British Rail.