Asbestos Claims Solicitors in Scotland

It depends on how quickly we can trace insurers, the medical evidence needed and whether the other side accepts responsibility. Straightforward claims settle faster, while complex or disputed claims take longer. Where someone is seriously ill, particularly with mesothelioma, we push for the fastest possible resolution.

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Yes. Employers have had to hold employers' liability insurance since 1972, and that insurer can still be pursued even if the business closed decades ago. We trace insurers through the Employers' Liability Tracing Office and historic records, and if none can be found, government schemes may still help.

That's very common, especially if you worked for several employers or the exposure was long ago. Careful questions about your working life usually pinpoint where it happened.

Yes. If you developed an asbestos-related illness after washing a family member's work clothes, or through regular contact with someone who worked with asbestos, you may be able to claim against their employer.

It depends on when. If you were exposed during service after 15 May 1987, you may be able to make a civil claim against the Ministry of Defence. For earlier service, you may be entitled to a war pension, and exposure caused by private contractors or in a civilian role can still lead to a civil claim.

Yes. Smoking doesn't stop you claiming, although it may reduce the compensation in a lung cancer claim.

Yes, if your earlier claim settled on a provisional basis. You can claim again if your condition has worsened or you've developed a new asbestos-related condition.

Yes. If your loved one developed mesothelioma or another asbestos-related disease, close family members, including a spouse or partner, children, parents, siblings and grandparents, can claim under the Damages (Scotland) Act 2011. Claims cover loss of financial support, funeral costs, and grief and the loss of companionship, and the executor can also continue or raise your loved one's own claim.

A civil claim normally pays the most, but you may also be able to claim state benefits and government lump sum payments, especially if no employer or insurer can be traced. These include Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit, a lump sum payment under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979, the 2008 Diffuse Mesothelioma Scheme and the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme. In Scotland, Adult Disability Payment and Pension Age Disability Payment have replaced Personal Independence Payment and Attendance Allowance.