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Hugh James Offices

Hugh James
Two Central Square
CARDIFF
CF10 1FS
United Kingdom
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Richard Green

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033 3016 2222 richard.green@hughjames.com

Work Department

Industrial Disease

Position

Richard is a Partner and heads a team of solicitors who specialise in asbestos related disease compensation claims. His team assist those who suffer from mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer and pleural thickening.

Richard continues to build strong relationships with hospitals and their nurses, and often is referred work because of this. The team is also a supporter of Mesothelioma UK and has paired up with them to host joint events.

In the independent legal directory ‘The Legal 500’, Richard has been named as a next generation lawyer and is described as ‘fantastic’ and ‘excellent at asbestos-related disease work’.

Richard’s recent successes in asbestos claims include:

£195k plus an indemnity for the defendant insurer to directly fund any future treatment required by Mr P relating to his diagnosis of mesothelioma
£161k in a case on behalf of a mesothelioma sufferer who was exposed to asbestos when laundering her husband’s overalls which were contaminated with asbestos dust, and
£243k in a case on behalf of a mesothelioma victim who suffered extensive asbestos exposure whilst working in a power station
Richard is frequently invited to give lectures to respiratory medicine teams throughout the UK and has chaired a number of study days accredited by the Royal College of Nurses and Royal College of Physicians.

Career

Trained: Thring Townsend (now Thrings 2006 – 2008).

Thrings: 2008 – 2012 (Solicitor, Associate Solicitor)

Boyes Turner: 2012 – 2014 (Associate Solicitor)

Hugh James: 2014 – present (Senior Associate).

Memberships

Association of Personal Injury Lawyers

Education

Blue School, Wells

Univeristy of Leicester      

Lawyer Rankings

Wales > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant

(Leading individuals)

Richard Green  – Hugh James

The ‘highly resourced’ offering at Hugh James has the strength-in-depth to offer clients true sub-specialisms, including in the field of asbestos-related claims, where the ‘extremely knowledgeable and personable’ Richard Green  heads up an ‘amazing team’ that not only fights hard for victims of respiratory illnesses but also works closely with medical professionals and charities supporting those affected by asbestos related disease. The ‘technically able’ Kathryn Singh leads the industrial disease offering that continues to achieve outstanding results for workers, both domestically and abroad, where she is ‘exceptionally experienced in group litigation’. Simon Ellis also handles some unusual industrial disease claims, although he is best-known for his work on behalf of current and former members of the armed forces bringing claims against the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for hearing loss and cold injuries. A ‘class act who combines empathy and experience to deliver a solid product to the client’, Cari Sowden-Taylor  heads up the serious injury team alongside Ciaran McCabe , and provides a superb service for clients that have suffered brain and spinal injuries as a result of road traffic collisions. Of the more junior partners, Lucy Strong has cultivated a very strong reputation in the asbestos field, while the ‘determined and capable’ James Gibson  ‘achieves great results’ for clients in industrial injury claims. Dividing his team between Cardiff and London, Mark Harvey heads up the overarching specialist claims group and draws upon his ‘vast experience and strategic nous’ to deliver exceptional results to clients in product liability claims, as well as the victims of accidents overseas and arising out of travel generally.

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