Injury lawyer details for Helen Childs

About Helen Childs

Head of Industrial Disease at Chambers Ranked Royds Withy King's specilaist asbestos related claims team. Our team of dedicated specialist lawyers represent those affected by mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis and pleural thickening. We act for clients throughout the UK and internationally, and are well known for our dedicated and tenacious approach and willingnwss and ability pursue difficult and groundbreaking legal arguments. We have represented the claimants in several landmark decisions, incluging Carey v Vauxhall Motors [2019] and Lloyd v Humphreys and Glasgow [2015]. We agreeed one of the first periodical payments orders in S V MOD and acted in Whitnell v Mepels - an unusual deoendency claim involving 2 brothers. We have pushed the boundaries of dependency claims with claims for cohabitees and others. We are proud of our expertise, our reputation and our dedication to supporting asbestos related charities.