Background
Helen Templeton is an experienced asbestos disease lawyer based in Thompsons Solicitors’ Liverpool office and covering the North West of England.
Helen represents individuals who have been diagnosed with asbestos-related diseases, including mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, asbestosis and diffuse pleural thickening. In fatal cases, she acts for the families of individuals whose deaths have been caused by asbestos-related conditions.
Helen has been with Thompsons since March 2002. She undertook a training contract with the firm and has remained with Thompsons since she fully qualified as a solicitor in June 2004. Helen has more than 15 years’ post-qualification experience.
She points out that Thompsons gives her the opportunity to help people who really need it and secure justice for workers - and in the case of fatalities – their families.
Away from work, Helen has held a season ticket with Everton Football Club for over 25 years attending games both home and away. She also enjoys travelling.
Helen's case experience
- Secured provisional settlement for former welder, Ronald Smith, who had been diagnosed with asbestosis after working for a ship building company for 37 years. Ronald can reopen his claim if his condition deteriorates.
- Secured a provisional settlement for a journeyman and patternmaker who was exposed to asbestos for more than 20 years and developed asbestosis and plural thickening as a result.