Helen Childs
Helen Childs heads the dedicated specialist asbestos claims team at Royds Withy King. Established as recently as 2013 the team has grown to become one of the largest specialist teams in the UK. Helen wins praise from Chambers Legal Directory for her “superlative” experience. Helen acted for the claimant in the cases of Lloyd v Humphreys & Glasgow [2015] and Carey v Vauxhall Motors [2018] – the first successful secondary exposure laundering of overalls mesothelioma claim at trial in England/Wales.
A regular contributor to legal journals Helen has also spoken at the APIL Asbestos Conference on “Limitation in Asbestos Related Claims”.
Helen is proud to be a trustee for Meso UK and to have contributed a legal point of reference for their Gendered Experience of Mesothelioma Study.