Peter Williams Email & Phone Number

I have 30 years' experience acting for victims of illnesses and accidents, and particularly for people suffering from the devastating cancer mesothelioma following exposure to asbestos in the workplace and by dust brought into the home.Legal 500 2023 describe me as "one of the very best in the field of industrial disease". I am also recognised as a member of their "Hall of Fame" for Personal Injury lawyers.Chambers 2022 describe me as "a brilliant lawyer who is prepared to take on complex cases … working hard for clients".I lead a team of solicitors at Fieldfisher determined to achieve the highest compensation for people with asbestos disease in the shortest possible time, at no cost. We are described by Chambers as a 'market-leading industrial disease practice, with an outstanding reputation for handling mesothelioma and asbestos disease litigation.'My cases include:• Mesothelioma and asbestos claims• Personal injury claims• Work accident claims• Road traffic accident claimsI regularly settle mesothelioma claims within three months of instruction. I pioneered the recovery of private medical costs for developing immunotherapy treatment.Over the last 30 years I have been involved in the most important asbestos cases to come before the courts, more recently in January 2021, Head v Culver Heating Co Ltd. (a mesothelioma case in the Court of Appeal concerning high loss of earnings).My other personal injury work includes catastrophic and fatal road traffic, work accident, aviation and holiday claims. I acted for the victims of the Kegworth air disaster in the 1990s. I have recently acted for the family of a skier who died on the slopes on a Club Med holiday in France, a cyclist who suffered a catastrophic head injury in an accident and the family of a man who died in an aviation accident in Peru.I am a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). I also sit on the forum of catastrophic injury solicitors (FOCIS) a small group of the most prominent catastrophic solicitors in the country. Membership is by invitation only. I regularly speak at conferences on asbestos disease and fatal accident claims.I was named Lawyer of the Year 2023 for Personal Injury Litigation, London in the 11th edition of The Best Lawyers in the UK.

Listed skills include Personal Injury.

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  Partner, Head Of Asbestos Claims

  Fieldfisher

  2001 - Present - London