80,000 miners to receive money wrongfully deducted from their compensation claims Solicitors who represented hundreds of miners under the coal health compensation scheme are to repay £1.5 million after wrongfully deducting it from their client’s settlements.  The Legal Complaints Service has instigated a process involving seven law firms which has seen them write to over 33,000 former miners or their families who might be eligible to claim back some of this… read more

Corby council to deny toxic chemicals were to blame The council at the centre of the steelworks birth defects case has voted to appeal against a High Court ruling that it was to blame for exposing the mothers of 16 children to toxic chemicals during their pregnancies.  Corby Borough Council voted last night by a margin of 21 to 8 in favour of appealing the judgement, which was likely to lead… read more

Findings indicate prolonged exposure to lower noise levels may cause substantial damage A recent court judgement looks likely to have a big impact on the claims of thousands of people in England and Wales who suffer from work-related hearing loss caused by exposure to high noise levels.  The case, which involved an employee in the knitting industry of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, looks likely to have implications for those people unfortunate enough… read more

MP’s call on government to investigate service standards The ongoing criticism of the way the miners’ compensation scheme was abused by solicitors looks likely to take another turn after comments made by a Labour MP recently.  David Anderson, member for Blaydon, has called on ministers to look again at the contracts many of the mine workers signed with their lawyers at the start of their compensation claims. Flaws in miner's compensation claim… read more