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committed to injured people
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committed to injured people

Occupational disease compensation lawyers

Accredited Occupational Disease Specialists

Occupational disease specialist

APIL has a specialist accreditation for occupational disease claims. If an APIL member’s profile displays the specialist accreditation logo it shows that they have achieved a particularly high standard of expertise and competence and that they actually specialise in this area of the law. However, due to the specialised nature of this accreditation we may not have a member with specialist accreditation in your area.

Only accredited members appear on the public search facility. If an APIL member's profile does not display the occupational disease specialist logo they will still be accredited at one of the general levels offered by APIL, having satisfied APIL's specific and extensive criteria by providing evidence of their competency and experience in handling personal injury claims.

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Mr Andrew Venn of THOMPSONS SOLICITORS LLP in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Andrew Venn is the National Practice Lead for Asbestos at Thompsons Solicitors, based in the firm’s Newcastle office. He has more than 18 years’ specialist experience, with an extensive knowledge of asbestos claims, including mesothelioma claims and pleural thickening claims. Andrew has had a hand in most of the firm’s asbestos test cases, with an impressive track-record of litigation up to and including the House of Lords. Andrew is accredited as a senior litigator...
Occupational disease lawyer Asbestos disease lawyer Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Mr Brian Robinson of SERIOUS INJURY LAW in Manchester
Brian Robinson qualified as a solicitor in 1991 and has been a member of APIL since 1994. In addition to being an APIL accredited senior litigator and occupational disease and asbestos specialist he has also been a member of the Law Society Personal Injury Panel from 1994 to date. In 1994 he was awarded the Manchester Law Society/ MMU Diploma in Personal Injury Litigation with a distinction. He is also a qualified civil & commercial mediator. Brian has extensive experience in...
Occupational disease lawyer Asbestos disease lawyer Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Natasha Orr is a highly experienced Senior Associate in the Military Claims team, with a strong track record of representing armed forces personnel in complex civil litigation. She joined BBK in September 2025 and works closely with Ahmed Al-Nahhas and the wider Military Claims team. With a personal background in the armed forces and a legal career that began in 2012, Natasha is uniquely positioned to understand the challenges faced by service members. She specialises in military injury...
Occupational disease lawyer Asbestos disease lawyer Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
I work for Irwin Mitchell LLP in their Asbestos and Occupational Illness Department. I am based in Leeds but help clients throughout Yorkshire. I specialise in representing clients who have been exposed to a toxic substance at work. This includes asbestos related diseases, such as asbestosis, diffuse pleural thickening, lung cancer and mesothelioma. I also represent clients with a range of other industrial diseases such as silicosis, HAVS, dermatitis and asthma. I am an APIL accredited senior...
Occupational disease lawyer Asbestos disease lawyer Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
I have over 20 years of legal experience supporting clients with my colleagues at Irwin Mitchell following a life changing diagnosis of an asbestos related or work-related cancer and other respiratory diseases in the Yorkshire and Humberside region. I am a specialist mesothelioma lawyer having had a focus on this disease for the past 10 years. Irwin Mitchell is also a national firm and I have experience of working with colleagues from Glasgow to Southampton to resolve claims including...
Occupational disease lawyer Asbestos disease lawyer Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Miss Rebecca Ryan of HUMPHREYS & CO in Bristol
Rebecca has Senior Litigator status with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and is accredited as an Occupational and Asbestos Disease specialist.  She also has a British Society of Audiology (BSA) certificate in Industrial Audiometry.  Rebecca has over fifteen years experience as a personal injury solicitor specialising in asbestos-related disease compensation claims.  She has particular expertise helping injured people...
Occupational disease lawyer Asbestos disease lawyer Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Iain is a Partner specialising in work related disease claims at national personal injury firm Irwin Mitchell LLP.    Iain has particular specialisms in asbestos related claims and in high-value stress at work claims. Iain has extensive experience acting those who have mesothelioma and lung cancer, in Birmingham and the West Midlands, for more than 17 years. In addition, Iain has particular expertise in claims for pleural thickening and asbestosis, having undertaken many...
Occupational disease lawyer Asbestos disease lawyer Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
I am a Senior Associate Solicitor specialising in claims on behalf of people who have been affected by asbestos related illnesses, particularly assisting sufferers of, and the families of those affected by, the asbestos related cancer, mesothelioma.  I have achieved a number of noteworthy settlements in cases where there has been limited exposure to asbestos, including cases brought on behalf of a number of prison officers and policeman.  I have significant experience of...
Occupational disease lawyer Asbestos disease lawyer Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
I have specialised in representing clients with asbestos-related illnesses and their families for 25 years now, one of a small number of specialist lawyers with this level of experience. I lead Irwin Mitchell’s asbestos disease lawyers in our Manchester office covering Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire and Merseyside.  I joined Irwin Mitchell in 2006 and was made a Partner in 2009. Since I qualified as a solicitor in 1998, I have represented many hundreds of...
Occupational disease lawyer Asbestos disease lawyer Personal injury legal practice Personal injury - Senior Litigator
Mr Nicholas Seymour of THOMPSONS SOLICITORS LLP in Bristol
Based in the Bristol office, Nicholas Seymour is a Senior Specialist Asbestos Executive and Regional Business Development Coordinator at Thompsons Solicitors. Nick belongs to the specialist teams within Thompsons of serious injury solicitors and asbestos solicitors, regularly securing mesothelioma compensation for his clients. Nick has over 21 years’ experience and as an expert in health and safety at work legislation he regularly trains union health and safety representatives to...
Occupational disease lawyer Asbestos disease lawyer Personal injury - Senior Litigator
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Your employer has a duty to provide you with a safe working environment and to protect you from injury. Unfortunately, every year thousands of employees develop occupational diseases. These illnesses can have severe consequences affecting ability to work and quality of life.

If you have an occupational disease you should not feel embarrassed or reluctant about making a claim. You have the right to seek compensation. Occupational disease compensation can help ease your suffering and help to restore your former quality of life.

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