If industrial disease claims are won, there is an immediate claim for legal costs due to the multiple Defendants that cases of this nature consist of. Compensation can be awarded to victims who have developed health complications due to Health and Safety Procedures not being properly adhered to or implemented by employers. Industrial disease claims can take the form of physical injuries sustained or conditions that have advanced from catalysts derived from working conditions.

Numerous forms of evidence are required to substantiate the claim made by the Defendant as a result of its severity involving serious health modifications. Dealing with the costs of such cases involves many moving parts: insurers, expert assessments, certified medical evidence and causation challenges.

Fixed recoverable costs are often implemented if they are of particularly lesser values and settled in preliminary stages. However, if they aren’t settled in this manner, they will come under the open costs regime. The tally of costs can build significantly due to the previously mentioned notion of multiple components involved in order to confirm the legitimacy of the claim.

There are a few elements of industrial disease cases that are heavily contended, with developing discussions surrounding proportionality and the apportionment of responsibility in costs. Arguments form over how total costs should be divided and assigned. Again, depending on the severity of the health condition afflicted, the higher the price of costing will be billed in correlation with the impact and reach of the breach of health and safety laws.

Cases of this magnitude appear daunting at the outset but County Cost has the experience and diligence to ensure that all costs that are owed are discovered and recovered no matter the depth and breadth of the claim.