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Irwin Mitchell is the largest and one of the longest running teams of asbestos, mesothelioma, and industrial disease lawyers in Great Britain. Extensive national platform of offices with occupational disease lawyers in depth in Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Leeds, Cambridge, Birmingham, Sheffield, London, Southampton, Bristol, and Cardiff.


Our lawyers are members of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) the majority of whom are accredited asbestos and/or occupational disease specialist. We have more accredited occupational disease and asbestos disease specialists than any other firm in the country. Three of our now retired partners are past Presidents of APIL.

 

We have a long history over the decades in pioneering industrial litigation paving the way for people living with work-acquired illness find legal solutions to augment their life.


In 2022 alone:

  • Coke Oven Workers litigation: we were successful in recovering damages for claimants in the British Steel group action agreed in March 2022.
  • Rix v Paramount Shopfitting Company– Court of Appeal clarifying the law that will ensure future claimants involved in assessment of damages in fatal claims are better provided for.
  • Three large settlements this year (2022) for work-related stress claims for healthcare professionals employed by the NHS.


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