Rightside’s core beliefs about people with asbestos disease is that they deserve an experienced top-notch lawyer (who will fight for them every inch of the way) and that they should keep as much of their compensation as possible.
With Rightside you keep every cent of the money paid to you for the emotional, medical and financial consequences of your illness.
We will seek legal costs from the Defendant we are suing on your behalf, but we will not charge you a single dollar in legal costs from the compensation sum.
Most law firms take some legal costs from the Defendant and some from you. We don’t do that.
Our approach means more in your pocket. It means transparency. You know what the defendant or defendants pay you for your illness– and you get it all.
We can offer this arrangement, which leaves you with the maximum compensation, because we’re skilled and experienced in asbestos litigation. Asbestos cases are often legally straightforward. A good lawyer should know almost immediately after speaking with a potential client whether the claim will succeed. Our lawyers can identify the asbestos exposure and make an assessment of the legal responsibility of the employer, the manufacturer or any other defendant. Put simply, most asbestos claims are not legally difficult and the fees lawyers charge should reflect that.
We couple our low-cost approach with high level expertise.
Our lawyers have represented hundreds of asbestos victims, including winning trial verdicts in Western Australia and Victoria, in front of judges and juries.
We take the same approach to asbestos claims that we take to sexual abuse litigation – where we have run and won more claims at trial than all other Victorian law firms combined.
Our focus is always to shield our clients from the legal fight while ensuring they receive the maximum compensation.
We are happy to visit people with asbestos diseases at their homes or any other convenient location. The first consultation involves no costs and no obligation whatsoever. We’ll listen, outline your options, offer legal advice – and then it’s up to you. But we’ll give you all the information you need to make the decision that’s best for you.
We guarantee a strong, personal approach with minimum disruption to you and your family.
I am unwell and need to focus on other things. Should I still speak to a lawyer?
The answer is almost always yes. Asbestos compensation can amount to many hundreds of thousands of dollars. It is really important that you talk to a lawyer as early as possible so that you are able to provide detailed instructions about possible asbestos exposures you may have had and the impact the illness is having on you. Your legal rights can disappear if you leave it too late. Rightside can give you precise and swift legal advice so you can make your own decisions about a claim.
I’ve been exposed to asbestos. Can I bring a case?
If you have an asbestos related illness (like mesothelioma, asbestosis or asbestos-caused lung cancer) then you probably have a good legal case for compensation. This is true even if you are elderly, or are not quite sure how or when you were exposed to asbestos, and if you have other health challenges. Rightside can give you free advice about your individual circumstances.
Why Rightside?
Our Track Record
Rightside Legal lawyers have resolved hundreds of asbestos claims. We have also run claims to trial and to successful verdict in Western Australia and Victoria. Many lawyers claim to be experienced in asbestos matters, but ask any lawyer you consider engaging when they last ran an asbestos claim all the way to a successful trial verdict, and what they got for their client. Most asbestos lawyers haven’t run trials because they settle their claims without going to trial. In most cases, a settlement is appropriate, but your lawyer has to have the experience and skill to run your matter to a successful and appropriate verdict if necessary. Ask them about their trial experience.
Rightside lawyers Michael Magazanik and Grace Wilson have represented successful plaintiffs in asbestos trials in Western Australia (against James Hardie and the Ford Motor Company) and in Victoria against an asbestos manufacturer, Wunderlich. In the Victorian case, Michael and Grace’s client was the family of a man who developed asbestosis after playing in asbestos waste as a boy in the 1950s at the back of the Wunderlich asbestos factory in Sunshine, Melbourne.
In your claim, Rightside Legal will work with you to thoroughly prepare your case. We’ll gather evidence from experts, witnesses, and historical documents. With the right lawyer, asbestos claims move quickly. But in the wrong hands, claims can drag on causing unnecessary stress during what’s already a very stressful period for asbestos victims and their families.
The Asbestos Industry In Australia
Asbestos is a mineral fibre which was widely used in Australia until relatively recently.
Asbestos was found almost everywhere up until the 1980s: in building products, insulation, car brakes, carpet underlay, cinema curtains and in lots of other unlikely places. The lawyers at Rightside Legal have acted in claims where asbestos exposure occurred in all sorts of circumstances: through play on a miniature railway as a child; through renovations in schools, homes and workplaces; through casual summer jobs; through living and working near notorious sites such as the Wittenoom blue asbestos mine.
We know the history of the asbestos industry in Australia and will help you work out how you were exposed if you’re not sure.
No Win. No Fee.
Capped Pricing.
At Rightside we don’t have a string of expensive offices, dozens of partners or expensive marketing campaigns to fund. We limit the number of cases we take on, prepare your claim properly and fight hard for 100% of what your claim is worth.
We understand that our clients are often anxious and uncertain about the whole legal process. We’ll do our best to eliminate the uncertainties. We work on a No Win No Fee basis – that means we fund the litigation, and you only pay when we succeed. We also cap our fees to give our clients greater certainty.
Rightside Legal Melbourne
Level 10, 469 La Trobe Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Email: info@rightsidelegal.com.au
Rightside Legal Perth
1/58 Walcott Street
Mt Lawley WA 6050
Email: perth@rightsidelegal.com.au