Kingston upon Hull is the Humber estuary's principal city - around 265,000 residents, within a Hull / East Riding area of roughly 605,000. The local economy runs on the Port of Hull (Associated British Ports), Siemens Mobility / Siemens Gamesa's wind-turbine blade factory at Alexandra Dock, BP's Saltend Chemicals Park, Vivergo Fuels, Reckitt global HQ, and a historic fishing / trawler industry. Serious injuries across Hull, East Riding, North Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire route through Hull Royal Infirmary - Level 1 Major Trauma Centre since April 2012.
Who we help across Hull and the Humber
- Hull - city centre, Holderness, Sutton-on-Hull, Kingswood, Anlaby, Hessle, Bransholme, Orchard Park.
The types of Hull / East Yorkshire personal injury claim we handle
Road traffic accidents across Hull and the Humber
M62 (ending at Hull's western edge), A63 Castle Street corridor, A1079 Hull-York, A165 coastal, A164, A1033 to Saltend. Humber Bridge links Hull to Barton-upon-Humber. See car accident claims, cycle accident claims, motorcycle accident claims, pedestrian accident claims, whiplash claims.
Stagecoach East Midlands / East Yorkshire Motor Services
Stagecoach East Midlands and East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS) run the local bus networks. TransPennine Express and Hull Trains run rail services. See bus and coach accident claims.
Port of Hull and Humber ports complex
The ABP Humber ports - Hull, Immingham, Grimsby, Goole - together handle the UK's largest port complex by tonnage. Container, bulk, ro-ro, timber, and offshore-wind operations. See warehouse accident claims.
Saltend Chemicals Park and energy cluster
BP Saltend, Vivergo Fuels, INEOS Nitriles and partner operators run one of the UK's most concentrated chemical / biofuels clusters at Saltend. Chemical-exposure (COSHH), fire / explosion, manual-handling, and long-latency occupational disease claims. See factory accident claims.
Siemens Gamesa - wind turbine blade manufacturing
Siemens Gamesa's blade factory at Alexandra Dock is one of the UK's landmark green-manufacturing investments. Manual-handling, composite / resin exposure, and heavy-lift injuries. See factory accident claims.
Construction and regeneration
Hull Fruit Market, Albion Square, A63 Castle Street scheme, University of Hull campus projects, Yorkshire Energy Park. See construction site accident claims.
Medical negligence in Hull
Hull's principal NHS employer is Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH), running Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital. Humber Teaching NHS FT covers community and mental health. Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS FT covers Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital Grimsby and Scunthorpe General. See medical negligence.
Public liability across Hull
Slips at Princes Quay, St Stephen's, Kingswood Retail Park; pavement trips against Hull City / East Riding councils; hotel chain claims; venue injuries at the MKM Stadium, Craven Park, Bonus Arena Hull. See slips, trips and falls, pavement accident claims.
Industrial disease - trawlers, chemicals, engineering
Hull's deep-water fishing fleet (the UK's largest for most of the 20th century) and the fish-processing industry produced a significant asbestos legacy - trawler engine rooms, boiler work, insulation - with claims continuing today. Add chemical-sector occupational disease from Saltend and its predecessors, NIHL from engineering yards, and dermatitis from fish-processing. See asbestos claims, industrial deafness and dermatitis.
Where your claim could end up - local courts
- Hull Combined Court Centre (Lowgate).
North Yorkshire and Humberside Major Trauma Network - HRI as Level 1 MTC
Hull Royal Infirmary is the Level 1 Major Trauma Centre for the North Yorkshire and Humberside Major Trauma Network, designated in April 2012. MTC services are delivered across the two main HUTH sites (Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham). Trauma Units across the region feed HRI; paediatric major trauma is delivered at HRI with the Children's Hospital. Leeds General Infirmary is a separate MTC serving West Yorkshire.
Funding - no win, no fee
Every Casibus case runs on a Conditional Fee Agreement. See no win no fee explained.
