This clear and accessible book provides UK personal injury and clinical negligence practitioners with the only up to date single volume paperback covering this increasingly crucial area of work. Contents cover a large range of topics: - The legal framework - Deafness and tinnitus - Occupational cancers - Occupational asthma and other respiratory diseases - Vibration induced disorders - Occupational infections and skin diseases - Occupational upper limb and spinal disorders - Appendices include Specimen Particulars of Claim, Specimen Defences, Specimen Schedules of loss and damage, Statutes and Statutory instruments. Each chapter includes sections on practice and procedure, expert evidence and quantifying the claim.