LEGAL REPRESENTATION

expenses, such as travel costs to and from hospital appointments.

Expert advice is available on claims resulting from:

• Industrial disease or illness

• Personal injury (at work or elsewhere)

• Road traffic accident

• Training exercise injuries

• Defective equipment accidents

The RMT legal service is also available for members’ families if they were injured in a non-work-related accident or on the roads.

*where claims can be pursued in the UK courts.

To Make A Claim

Members or their families who require legal assistance should contact their local representative or regional office for a L1 form and information about how to progress your claim.

Members should ensure that all accidents at work are reported to the employer.

Legal proceedings must be served within three years of the date of an accident, otherwise the claim will become statute barred and could result in the right to claim damages being lost.

For industrial disease claims, legal proceedings must be served within three years of the date of knowledge, i.e. when the member first knew that the disease could be attributed to a negligent act or omission by an employer.