With over 25 years of assisting sufferers of asbestos disease, we are leaders in asbestos disease claims

Our team is renowned for their experience in dealing with asbestos disease claims. In 2003 the asbestos team recovered £8.331 million on behalf of victims of asbestos diseases. In total, we have recovered £85 million in over 1,500 successful cases.

We have been involved in 2 of the most recent important court cases involving asbestos disease.

Fairchild, Fox & Matthews

In the Court of Appeal, the insurance industry successfully argued that where a mesothelioma sufferer had worked with asbestos for two or more employers, he could not recover compensation because he could not show in which employment the fatal fibre(s) had been inhaled. This could have effectively barred the right to compensation for the majority of mesothelioma patients.

In January 2002, FFW Partner Rodney Nelson-Jones, was invited to join the legal team acting on behalf of Mrs Fox and Mr Matthews to appeal to the House of Lords. Rodney worked intensively for four months, producing 5 major briefing papers for Sir Sydney Kentridge QC, and happily the Court of Appeal decision was overturned by the House of Lords thus restoring the rights to patients to claim for compensation.

Phillips v Syndicate 992 Gunner and Others

In this case, the insurers refused to pay 100% of the compensation awarded in the sum of £205,000 to Mrs Phillips on the basis that the insurers only held cover for some of the period of employment. Consequently, Rodney started a fresh court action against the Lloyds Syndicate for the balance of monies owed and testified in the case. As a result, he was successful and judgment was entered on behalf of Mrs Phillips who therefore recovered 100% of her compensation.

APIL Award

In October 2002, Rodney Nelson-Jones was presented with the APIL (Association of Personal Injury Lawyers) award for outstanding achievement at the House of Commons in recognition for the tremendous work done by him over the past 25 years for sufferers of asbestos disease.

Rodney Nelson-Jones being presented with his
award by Andrew Dismore M.P.

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