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What you are entitled to.
If you require any free and confidential advice in bringing a claim against your former employers or completing your benefits application forms please contact me here.
Compensation from your employers.
You are entitled to compensation from your former employers who exposed you to asbestos. This is usually worth considerably more than the benefits you are entitled to from the Government and so it is always worth bringing a claim. It is important to note that you can bring a claim even if they have gone out of business as the compensation will come from their insurers... <<more information>>
Compensation from the Government
The two most common forms of benefits for sufferers of asbestos related conditions are:-
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: This is a regular payment made to sufferers of certain asbestos related conditions provided certain criteria are met.
Pneumoconiosis (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979: This is a one off payment to suffers of certain asbestos related conditions whose former employers have gone out of business. In order to qualify for this award you must have been awarded Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit.
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