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A-bomb test vet hopeful of win –

A-bomb test vet hopeful of win
THE SHIEKDS GAZETTE :06 February 2009 By Terry Kelly A SOUTH Tyneside atom bomb test veteran today said he was “optimistic” of victory in a landmark compensation case battle in the High Court.More than 1,000 atom bomb test veterans and their families will have to wait until after Easter before discovering if their compensation claims can go ahead, a High Court judge ruled yesterday at the end of a three-week case The ex-servicemen, their widows and families claim the men were made ill by radiation exposure after nuclear tests in the Pacific and mainland Australia in the 1950s…………………………….The claims, if successful, could potentially cost the Ministry of Defence hundreds of millions of pounds in compensation payments for a wide range of health problems.

Over the last three weeks, MoD lawyers have tried to convince Mr Justice Foskett to halt the claims.

They say the claims were made far too late and that, in any event, are doomed to fail due to the lack of evidence proving a link between their health problems and events of half a century ago.

The case came to a conclusion yesterday, with the judge opting to go away to read and consider the evidence and submissions before giving a decision.

heir widows and families claim the men were made ill by radiation exposure after nuclear tests in the Pacific and mainland

A-bomb test vet hopeful of win – Shields Gazette

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February 9, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | UK, weapons and war