Asbestos advice, mesothelioma compensation and claims from UK specialist We Solicitors.

Lifeline payout refused

The one question inevitably asked of an asbestosis lawyer concerns the likelihood of securing mesothelioma compensation from a former employer or their insurer so many years later.

The health risks from asbestos material still hidden in both public, commercial and residential properties around the UK are all too often an asbestos awareness blind spot with some property owners and the building contractors they hire to carry out renovations.

It’s not often realised in today’s health and safety conscious world that secondary exposure to asbestos was a hidden danger to family members in many households before asbestos awareness of the fatal health risks became better known.

Asbestos awareness of the serious health risks of exposure and the breathing in of airborne fibres should always be urgent priority, not least, to be legally compliant with the ‘General Requirements’ of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006.

Up until the 1970s and 80s, countless products were manufactured every day in the UK using asbestos as an inexpensive insulation and fire retardant material.