“Almost 300,000 miners with a disabling chest disease have received less money in compensation than it cost the Government to administer their claim, a report discloses today.”
The Times, 18th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The under-fire law firms representing sick miners in the British Coal compensation fiasco have accused the Government of hypocrisy after its costs topped £2bn.”
The Lawyer, 15th May 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The Legal Complaints Service (LCS) is to canvas thousands of former miners directly to determine whether solicitors wrongly deducted fees from their compensation claims.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd May 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A scheme for sick miners has been exploited by a few unscrupulous solicitors, a report has claimed.”
BBC News, 25th April 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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