Our Personal Injury Group worked on a number of high-profile industrial disease and asbestos claims over the last year which are reflected in the rankings.
Chambers & Partners is an internationally regarded law guide which ranks law firms according to specialist areas. Industrial disease is a subcategory within personal injury featuring in Chambers 2009.
Offering “a straightforward yet extremely sensitive service” to clients, the team here is known for its niche asbestos and industrial disease practice. With extensive expertise in this area, the team also has a growing profile in brain injury and spinal injury cases. Department head and “outstanding asbestos litigator” Rodney Nelson-Jones is well known for his high-value settlements and is also experienced in air and road crash claims, as well as disease work. The “compassionate and empathetic” Peter Williams has built a solid reputation as an asbestos specialist, who has “great background knowledge and a real rapport with the insurers.”