Unite Legal Services has represented thousands of members in personal injury cases including serious injuries, clinical negligence, industrial diseases and also in employment matters. We campaign to defend and improve working conditions for members across a range of sectors.
A retired Unite member has received £30,000 in compensation after fracturing a vertebra in his spine, when an exercise bike he was using at a Gloucestershire leisure centre collapsed.
65-year-old Pet…Full story
Thousands of workers at Sports Direct’s Shirebrook warehouse in Derbyshire are set to receive back pay totalling an estimated £1 million for non-payment of the minimum wage, Britain’s largest union, U…Full story
A five-year legal battle to get haulier, Eddie Stobart Ltd (ESL), to pay the correct rate of holiday pay has resulted in a pay-out of £364,000 for more than 430 drivers.
Unite, the country’s largest…Full story
A former joiner received a six-figure compensation payment after being diagnosed with the asbestos-related disease, mesothelioma.
Over the course of his career, the member had a number of jobs where…Full story
A Unite member has received £16,000 compensation after suffering a deep laceration to his ring finger on his dominant hand during an accident at work.
60-year-old Kenneth Powell was operating a mecha…Full story