I am the first person in the UK to take legal action against mobile phone giant Nokia after developing a brain tumour,  a growth on a nerve between my inner ear and brain was caused by years of heavy mobile phone use in the late 90s.

 A recent report alleges cell phones could be behind a surge in a type of deadly brain tumour has been published

I used a mobile for up to five hours every working day,  I have no doubt my tumour was caused by mobile phones. I spent almost five years glued to my phone for hours at a time as a salesman in the late 90s until I was diagnosed and I could feel the heat coming off it.

I know this is going to be a real David and Goliath battle and could take some time before it's settled but I won't give up. 

This is for the future of my children, grandchildren and kids everywhere.!

In my opinion, mobiles are the smoking of the 21^st century.

My legal team are building a personal injury claim against Nokia using expert witnesses who also believe there is an increased risk from heavy use of tumours from mobile phones.Millions of people used Nokia phones in the 1990s. I was reliant on mine for my job as a salesman.

I was left deaf in his left ear after surgery in 2001 to remove the golf-ball sized acoustic neuroma tumour , and I also  suffer with balance problems.

I had to give up my job as a construction material salesman because I refused to carry on using mobiles.

 My lawyer Katrina Pope, of London Corporate Legal Ltd, is expected to file claimant papers with Nokia before the end of the year and the firm will have three months to compile a defence, dismiss or settle behind the scenes.

Katrina, who has been working pro bono on the case since 2012, said: “A win in the High Court could set a legal precedent for other similar cases which are lurking about in significant numbers, but have encountered the same legal hurdles and uncertainties we have.

Its only now that the technology exists for radiation testing to allow us to bring the case.

 Old-style mobile phones caused a greater risk of problems because there were less masts in the 1990s and the mobiles had to emit greater radiation levels to pick up signals.

I think this is a matter of information for the public, the phone companies should come clean about radiation risks associated with mobile use and warn people not to hold them too close to their ear for hours at a time.

 My life has been greatly affected by the tumour. Life has not been as good as it should have been, I can't even wear a hearing aid because all my inner ear organs had to be removed. My balance is shocking and if I go swimming and close my eyes I go round in circles. I was a DJ many years ago and loved music but I've been robbed of that too because the stereo element has been taken away.

Before this I had a totally clean bill of health. There's no history of tumours in the family and I'd had a hearing test when I started my job in 1997.

Before it was illegal, I used to hold my mobile to my left ear to take calls when I was driving so I've no doubt that this is what caused the tumour.”

It worries me when I see young children walking to school with mobiles against their ears 

I'm doing it because I've got children and believe that companies should at least put an age limit on the use of cell phones and put warnings on packaging so parents  can make informed choices. You wouldn't give a child a packet of cigarettes so why a mobile phone?

I just hope the legal action makes a change for the good, and could result in a class action and more public awareness and interest of the potential risks and helps to save many young lives.