Provisional damages allow you to be compensated for current anxiety and disability but also allow further compensation to be awarded at a future date should you develop a more serious asbestos related chest condition.

You should consider a provisional damages award rather than a full & final settlement because there is always a chance that you may go on to develop one of the more serious asbestos related chest problems such as mesothelioma or asbestos induced lung cancer. The chance of these conditions developing varies in each case according to the medical evidence though usually the chance is relatively small. Nevertheless, a provisional damages award allows you or your family to return to the Court in the future for further compensation should one or more of these conditions develop.