Jess Pittman
Senior associate solicitor
Jess is a senior associate solicitor in the personal injury department.
Jess is a senior associate solicitor working with Daniel Easton in the personal injury department.
Jess specialises in acting for people who suffer from asbestos related conditions, including mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis and pleural thickeing. She also acts for people who suffer silicosis, following occupational exposure to silica dust.
Legal expertise
Jess has successfully represented clients who have been exposed to asbestos through their work in a wide range of industries including factory workers, carpenters, builders, insulation workers, dock workers and ship builders. She has also obtained compensation for clients who have been exposed through secondary exposure i.e., through contact with the asbestos contaminated work clothes of their family members. Jess has also obtained compensation for the families of sufferers, where a person has passed away from an asbestos disease.
Throughout her career Jess has represented silicosis clients include stone masons, concreters and tunnellers who have developed silicosis through exposure to silica dust from cutting and grinding through natural and engineered stone.
Further experience
Jess is a dual qualified solicitor. She was admitted as a solicitor in Australia in 2017 and in England in 2026.
Prior to relocating to England, she assisted in instructing counsel at several trials in Australia, including the landmark decisions of Latz v Amaca Pty Limited (formerly James Hardie) and Werfel v James Hardie Amaca Pty Limited (formerly James Hardie).
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