The APIL Guide to Occupational Illness Claims is a practical handbook designed for all those involved in this area of specialist personal injury litigation. It is a one-stop source of reference, which provides:

• an outline of the myriad statutory provisions which regulate this area and the effective date of those provisions, helping you to identify which provision was in force at the date of exposure
• the nature and medical background to common occupational illnesses
• an explanation of the problems associated with complicated expert evidence
• practical advice on pursuing and valuing the claim, the procedure for restoring companies to the register, etc 
• expertly drafted precedents, draft schedules of damages and model pleadings

The new edition of APIL Guide to Occupational Illness Claims has been completely rewritten by a team of specialist personal injury lawyers, taking into account major changes in law and practice since the first edition of this book.

General Editor
Christopher Goddard 9 Gough Square

Contributors
Chris Fry Solicitor and Managing Partner, Unity Law
Catherine Atkinson, Laura Elfield, Kate Lamont, Giles Mooney, Guarang Naik, Raj Shetty, Chris Stephenson all of 9 Gough Square Chambers

• General considerations 
• Common Law 
• Causation 
• Limitation 
• Asbestos related illnesses 
• Noise related conditions 
• Work-Related Upper Limb Disorders 
• Vibration White Finger 
• Stress Claims 
• General Statutory Framework 
• Regulations with Specific Application 
• Pre-Action Protocol 
• Evidential issues 
• General Damages 
• Special Damages 
• Settlement
• Appendices
  • Pleadings
  • Checklists
  • Pre-Action Protocol
  • Selected Regs

"plenty of material that will give considerable assistance and comfort to practitioners involved in the day-to-day running of occupational illness claims"
New Law Journal