Regional Legal News brings together WE Solicitors’ in-depth guides to legal issues that affect particular towns, regions and industries across the North of England and beyond. Each guide looks at how the law applies locally, whether that is industrial disease in a historic industry, professional negligence, serious injury or another area of practice, and explains plainly whether a claim may be possible.
The guides are grouped by region and new ones are added as they are published. If your area or industry is not listed yet, call us free on 0800 294 3065 and we will tell you where you stand.
North West
Asbestos and Industrial Disease in Trafford Park, Manchester
The world’s first planned industrial estate employed around 75,000 people at its peak, and its engineering works, factories and docks left a heavy asbestos legacy. Who was exposed, which diseases followed, and why former workers can still claim today. Read the guide ›
Industrial Illnesses in Stockport’s Hatting and Textile Industry
Stockport’s hat works and mills left generations of workers with hearing loss, tinnitus, asbestos disease and more. What the industry did to its workforce, and why former workers can still claim decades later. Read the guide ›
Asbestos Exposure in Chester’s Construction
Chester’s tradespeople, its joiners, plasterers, electricians, plumbers and builders, were exposed to asbestos not in heavy industry but in the fabric of the buildings they worked on: schools, colleges, offices, shops and homes built or refurbished before 2000. Read the guide ›
Professional Negligence in Manchester
Professional negligence is when a solicitor, conveyancer, surveyor, accountant or other professional falls below the standard reasonably expected of them and their client loses money as a result. Read the guide ›
North East
Industrial Illnesses in Newcastle upon Tyne’s Shipbuilding Industry
For more than a century the Tyne shipyards exposed workers to asbestos, welding fumes, extreme noise and heavy labour. This guide sets out the diseases that followed, how long they take to appear, and why former shipyard workers can still claim today, even where the yard closed decades ago. Read the guide ›
Not sure whether your situation is covered? WE Solicitors act for clients across England and Wales on a no win, no fee basis. A free, no-obligation conversation is usually enough to tell you whether you have a claim.
