Madelene Holdsworth
UK Guide 2025
Band 2 : Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant: Industrial Disease
Band 2
About
Provided by Madelene Holdsworth
Practice Areas
Madelene is Managing Director of Slater and Gordon Legal Service and also runs a caseload of industrial disease and military specialist claims, in particular claims for asbestos related diseases. She's based in Manchester but represents clients nationally.
Her specific areas of expertise are claims for asbestos victims, occupational asthma, work related stress, dermatitis, chemical poisoning and noise induced hearing loss cases, particularly on behalf of Armed Forces personnel. She also has experience in complex accident at work cases and catastrophic military cases.
Additionally, she has a highly specialised and unique expertise in carbon monoxide poisoning claims and is one of the UK’s foremost legal experts in this area, being involved in several high-profile carbon monoxide poisoning claims and speaking at the House of Lords on this topic previously.
She's been described by clients as “tenacious, practical and very dogged”. She thrives on litigating difficult cases, is not afraid of running them and can explain tricky legal arguments to clients and colleagues in a clear, concise way.
Professional Memberships
Madelene is a member of the Law Society and the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). She's accredited by APIL as a Senior Litigator, an Asbestos Specialist and an Occupational Disease Specialist.
Chambers Review
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Madelene Holdsworth heads the firm's industrial disease team. She is well-reputed in the market for her handling of complex industrial disease and military litigation. Her experience includes stress at work claims, chemical poisoning and asbestos-related disease matters.
Strengths
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"Madelene works extremely hard and gets extremely good results for clients."
"Madelene handled our claim with great attention to detail. She was very thorough in her questioning, demonstrated a wide understanding of the issues and was sympathetic and professional throughout."
"The best thing about Madelene is her judgement; she is great at assessing the strengths and weaknesses of cases and she is not afraid to confront them and raise them with clients or counsel."
"Madelene works extremely hard and gets extremely good results for clients."
"Madelene handled our claim with great attention to detail. She was very thorough in her questioning, demonstrated a wide understanding of the issues and was sympathetic and professional throughout."
"The best thing about Madelene is her judgement; she is great at assessing the strengths and weaknesses of cases and she is not afraid to confront them and raise them with clients or counsel."
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