Our expert lawyers will handle your claim at no cost to you* and in the vast majority of cases you will receive 100% of your compensation**.
Expertise And Understanding From Irwin Mitchell
Environmental and health pollutants are unfortunately responsible for serious injuries, illnesses and deaths every year. Whether your exposure to environmental hazards was work-related or the result of an accident, there are numerous parties who may be liable for that exposure and the physical and psychological damage that may result.
At Irwin Mitchell we are renowned for our understanding of the issues that affect both you and your family and we know what actions to take to make a difference to your environmental health compensation claim.
At Irwin Mitchell we fight fearlessly to achieve the best outcome of your environmental health claim. We’re renowned for our understanding of the issues affecting you and your family due to injury or illness from environmental and health pollutants, and we know what positive action to take to make a difference.
Our lawyers offer the highest level of professionalism and expertise, combined with dedication and sensitivity.
Above all, we put you first.
Handling Environmental And Health Pollutants With Expertise And Sensitivity
If you’ve suffered illness or poisoning as a result of exposure to any type of environmental contamination, contact us immediately to discuss a possible environmental health claim.
Irwin Mitchell is one of the few legal practices in the UK whose lawyers specialise in investigating environmental health incidents and securing compensation for those affected. As specialists in the field, we have handled many cases surrounding exposure to environmental contamination and may be able to help you with your environmental health claim.
If your health is suffering as a result of one of the following things, you may be entitled to make a claim for environmental health compensation:
- Exposure to dust or fumes
- Exposure to a chemical spillage
- Water-supply contamination
- Food poisoning or any kind of gastric illness.
We know that, depending on what has happened to you, you may well be very worried about the long-term effects upon your health of any exposure to pollutants.
We can guide and support you, starting with key advice about the steps you need to take to preserve vital evidence in support of your environmental health claim.
We can also advise you on any help that the Environment Agency or the Health Protection Agency might be able to provide to you and to others affected in similar circumstances.
Proven Expertise In Environmental And Health Pollutants Claims
Our environmental health claims experience spreads far and wide and we have represented, for example, claimants who have suffered illnesses such as food poisoning and Legionnaires Disease. We have also represented claimants who’ve suffered illness and injury due to contaminated water supplies, as a result of exposure to pollution from industrial and chemical processes, or through contaminated swimming pools.
Irwin Mitchell is also one of the largest and most experienced personal injury law firms in the country.
Our team includes many of the country’s finest personal injury lawyers. They operate in highly specialised teams, offering the highest level of legal expertise in environmental and health pollutants claims.
Irwin Mitchell’s Commitment To Making A Difference
Irwin Mitchell’s first commitment is to you, and to achieving the best outcome for your environmental health claim.
We also have a long history of campaigning with leading organisations in numerous personal injury fields. Together with those organisations we seek improvements in health and safety rules in order to prevent accident and injury where possible, and improve the quality of life and levels of compensation for those who have suffered injury.
Our environmental legal team also advises businesses on environmental law compliance, environmental investigation and criminal prosecutions.
We have also pursued many leading legal cases and improved the prospects of success of claims for various forms of personal injury, and to obtain fairer compensation.
The above information relates to the law and procedures in England and Wales.
* Subject to entering a ‘No Win, No Fee’ agreement with us and complying with its terms.
** Does not apply to group actions, criminal injuries or accidents and illnesses outside England and Wales and is subject to compliance with the terms of your funding arrangements.
All Scottish cases will be handled by the Scottish law firm with which we are associated, Irwin Mitchell Scotland LLP. The law relating to funding is different in Scotland and you will receive separate advice about what that means as well as a separate funding agreement.