Industrial Disease

Lincoln House has a formidable reputation in the area of industrial disease litigation. The team is headed by Ivan Bowley and offers counsel experienced across the spectrum of such litigation including pulmonary disease, asbestosis and vibration white finger.


Chambers can boast a specialist team which conducts litigation on behalf of those affected by industrial disease. The team is led by Ivan Bowley who is described in Chambers UK as “arguably the country’s top disease barrister” and who has, over recent years, been heavily involved in the British Coal Respiratory Litigation – the largest personal injury claim in the world to date. All members of the team have experience in asbestos litigation, industrial deafness, vibration white finger, miner’s knee litigation and cases involving surface dust.