Ewan Tant
Partner
Ewan specialises in asbestos-related disease claims
Ewan is a partner in the personal injury department.
He is a recognised expert in asbestos claims.
What the directories say
Ewan Tant specialises in asbestos-related disease claims, including those relating to secondary exposure and claims with multi-jurisdictional aspects.
Chambers and Partners 2025
What our clients say
Ewan handled our case with sensitivity and understanding at a very difficult time and helped us to get the best settlement possible. We would highly recommend him and his firm.
Mesothelioma client
What people say about Ewan
"We found Ewan to be extremely kind, courteous, caring and considerate. Michael felt very relaxed and comfortable speaking to Ewan whilst going through a very traumatic time. We cannot thank him enough, and could not have wished for a better service." - Mesothelioma client of Ewan.
"He's brilliant, with a really good analytical mind." - Chambers and partners 2024
Legal expertise
Ewan read History at the University of York, before completing his legal training and qualifying as a solicitor. He developed a particular interest in asbestos claims and worked in the industrial disease team at Boyes Turner from 2010 to 2013. Ewan joined Leigh Day in October 2013 and continues to specialise in cases involving asbestos exposure. Ewan also represents claimants with life changing industrial diseases, such as acute silicosis.
He has successfully represented many claimants who had been exposed to asbestos and subsequently developed asbestos-related injuries, such as mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer and pleural thickening. Ewan has had many successes in claims involving tricky and novel points of law. Ewan is a particular specialist in settling claims with provision for future medical treatment costs, particularly immunotherapy.
Ewan has represented people who have been exposed to asbestos in many different lines of work, including construction workers, engineers, laggers, demolition workers, shipyard and railway workers, carpenters, plumbers, painters and decorators, electricians, paper mill workers, teachers, shop workers, carers, nurses, doctors and laboratory assistants. Ewan has also acted for many asbestos sufferers who came into contact with asbestos by way of family members, including spouses, mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters whose work clothes had been contaminated with asbestos.
Ewan acts quickly where claimants have a short life expectancy. He has secured compensation for clients as quickly as within three months of the first visit.
Ewan regularly deals with cross-jurisdictional cases, including cases in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Spain and Japan.
Membership
Ewan is accredited as a Senior Litigator, and as an occupational disease specialist and asbestos disease specialist, by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. He has spoken at medical and legal seminars, including providing a case study for a Roy Castle Lung Cancer Patient Information Day in Plymouth.
What our clients say
I would like to say thank you to Ewan for dealing with my compensation claim so quickly. I am pleased that the case is at an end, once again thank you.
Mr D, client of Ewan
Accreditation
Stone worker with terminal silicosis says cutting quartz kitchen worktops in unsafe working conditions has cost him his life
A stone worker in hospital with terminal silicosis says he developed the disease after inhaling dust while cutting engineered stone, known as quartz, kitchen worktops in unsafe working conditions.
Engineered stone and the rise of silicosis diagnoses
Ewan Tant, Partner, and Andrew Cooper, Senior Associate, explain what silicosis is and the dangers posed by engineered stone.
Lawyers representing growing number of engineered stone workers with silicosis say tougher safety measures are urgently needed
Lawyers at Leigh Day, who represent a growing number of workers diagnosed with silicosis after manufacturing engineered stone kitchen worktops, say tougher safety measures are urgently needed to stop the rise in the deadly disease.