James Walsh
Solicitor
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Partner
SRA ID: 39444
James is a partner and also head of the asbestos and industrial disease team at GA Solicitors.
James is one of the South West’s leading industrial disease litigators with more than 25 years of experience. His special focus is on helping families recover damages for high value asbestos claims.
James is recognised nationally for his work and experience in dealing with asbestos disease claims. This particularly includes those related to mesothelioma victims who have passed away. James acts primarily for individuals and families who have suffered from pleural thickening (pleural fibrosis), asbestosis (pulmonary fibrosis), asbestos related lung cancer or mesothelioma. He also deals with provisional damages cases where a longstanding asbestos sufferer has experienced a deterioration in their disease and has recovered compensation for those who contracted an asbestos disease on a secondary basis.
In addition to his asbestos work, James has years of experience in industrial deafness litigation recovering damages for hearing loss and tinnitus.
James is an accredited Occupational Disease and Asbestos Disease specialist with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and has been named as a national assessor to support the APIL asbestos accreditation scheme. He has also have been awarded the acclaimed Fellow status by APIL.
James was singled out by The Legal 500 2021 as “A local industrial disease specialist, who in that line of work locally is peerless.”
25 Lockyer Street, PL1 2QW
Licensed for 25 years
Practice Areas
Personal Injury
Many Thanks
During the whole length of the claim process James kept us (the family) all very up to date and clear about who, what, when and where everything was happening. From personal experience I know the defendant (Ministry of Defence) is not the easiest establishment to deal with, with most responses being very lengthy. From a simple phone call it was clearly evident from day one that GA Solicitors were categorically the right company to deal with our case. The final outcome, whilst lengthy, was a very welcome conclusion for the rest of the family and made everything illness that our father endured a little more palatable if not fully acceptable. Luckily nowadays Health and Safety is one of the key factors why everyone working in dangerous environments remains healthy throughout their working lives and into their retirement.
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Thank you James
From the outset of my first contact with James the feedback received was influencial in my decision to proceed via James and GA with my claim. I was always kept updated with the progress of my claim even though I found the progression process very frustrating at times. This due to inaction and what I considered to be a very unprofessional approch by the Insurers. The claim was eventualy settled to my satisfaction with advice received from James a major factor.
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