Neil Baines is a specialist asbestos solicitor based in Thompsons' Nottingham office where he is regional head of the specialist asbestos team. Neil has experience of dealing with asbestos compensation claims for all types of asbestos-related diseases, including pleural thickening, asbestosis, asbestos-related lung cancer and mesothelioma.
Neil represents clients from throughout the East Midlands and East Anglia who have been injured by asbestos and also frequently works for the families of victims of asbestos who have sadly died of their illnesses.
Neil also works closely with local asbestos support groups such as the Derbyshire Asbestos Support Team and Asbestos Support West Midlands. He always strives to recover the maximum amount of compensation for his clients in the shortest possible time.
Neil's case experience
- Recovered almost £250,000 for the widow of a mesothelioma victim who died in his fifties, which took into account his young age when he died.
- Secured more than £140,000 in compensation for the widow of a joiner who died of mesothelioma after being negligently exposed to asbestos by his employers while working on construction sites throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
Professional membership
Neil is a member of The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).