Archive for the ‘Asbestos Appeals’ Category


The continuing legacy of the UK’s industrial past, which saw countless thousands of workers exposed to asbestos during their daily working lives, means that some 4,000 fatalities per year still occur from asbestosis or the incurable malignant cancer, mesothelioma. The number of asbestos-related deaths expected amongst males is estimated to rise above 2,000 by the year 2016.

The unusually long latency period of between 15 to 40 or even 50 years from initial asbestos exposure, too often, means the victims of asbestosis disease or the incurable malignant cancer, mesothelioma, may only have between 4 to 12 or possibly, 18 months left to live after asbestosis symptoms appear and diagnosis confirmed.

Secondary exposure to asbestos has been proven to occur in countless number of cases and where sufficient evidence can be given by the third party concerned. However, occasions have arisen where a challenge has been made to the evidence provided for establishing secondary exposure within an ongoing mesothelioma compensation case

WE Solicitors has met the strict criteria set out by APIL (Association of Personal Injury Lawyers) to gain corporate accreditation status. The firm can now display the APIL logo as a mark of its expertise and dedication to finding justice for people injured through no fault of their own.

There has always been a medical debate over how effective the use of CT (computed tomography) or CAT scans are when compared to chest x-rays, MRI ( Magnetic Resonance Imaging) in the diagnosis of the fatal asbestos disease, mesothelioma.