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Britain’s nuclear veterans continue their fight against Ministry of Defence, for compensation

Nuclear veterans hope for new year legal win By TERRY KELLY Shields Gazette 2 January 2012 NUCLEAR test veterans on South Tyneside could hear within weeks if they have won the latest round in their battle for compensation.

Men who claim they have suffered numerous medical problems as a result of being exposed to damaging radiation during allied atom bomb tests in the 1950s have spent years fighting for justice.

The result of the latest stage in their long legal fight is expected later this month. South Tyneside A-bomb test veterans John Taylor, Bede McGurk and Bob Redman are also involved in the legal wrangle.

A Supreme Court appeal hearing in London was adjourned in November, after judges had earlier found in favour of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), which has rejected the veterans’ claims….. Mr Taylor and fellow veterans are angry that compensation has already been paid to other nuclear test veterans in Australia, Russia and the Isle Of Man. http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/local-news/nuclear_veterans_hope_for_new_year_legal_win_1_4105721

January 3, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general