By Kim Harrison in Industrial Disease Claims on Thursday, January 28, 2010
Further to my most recent blog on this there are further rumours that the government is set to announce any day that victims of asbestos cancer mesothelioma where insurers cannot be traced will be compensated by a "fund of last resort" a bit like the Motor Insurers Bureau which compensates road... read more
By Kim Harrison in Industrial Disease Claims on Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Yesterday I blogged that the government was due to make an announcement on pleural plaques but yet again the decision has been delayed. The Justice Minister, Jack Straw, told the House of Commons he is still not in a position to say whether pleural plaques sufferers will receive any... read more
By Kim Harrison in Industrial Disease Claims on Thursday, July 2, 2009
It has now been nearly a year since the Government's consultation into restoring compensation for pleural plaques sufferers was launched and when concluded it concluded in October 2008 many of us who represent victims of this asbestos related disease hoped that an announcement would be... read more
