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No compensation for UK’s nuclear veterans, just “sympathy”

Veterans blame ill-health – including cancer, skin defects and fertility problems – on their involvement in British nuclear tests in
Australia, on Christmas Island and in the Pacific Ocean between 1952 and 1958.

VIDEO http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/9142896/Nuclear-veterans-denied-damages-as-judge-expresses-sympathy.html  Nuclear veterans denied damages as judge expresses ‘sympathy’, Telegraph UK, 14 March 12   Hundreds of ex-servicemen who say they were made ill as a result of being exposed to radiation during British nuclear weapons tests in the
1950s have lost their Supreme Court bid to be able to launch damages claims against the Ministry of Defence.

More than 1,000 veterans want compensation and have been battling for permission to launch damages claims for some two years. Although today’s judgment blocks most claims, a certain number can still proceed because of an earlier legal ruling. Continue reading →

March 15, 2012 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

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