Oct/090
Miners rally for legal action against legal adviser
Hundreds of injured former coal miners are being rallied to sue their legal adviser in the first coordinated legal action for alleged under-settling of government compensation claims, it can be revealed.
Gravitas law are gathering potential claimants to sue their former legal adviser for negligence. It Is alleged that the legal adviser instructed miners not to lodge claims for a potentially lucrative type of damages, meaning that miners received less compensation than they were owed.
It is alleged that thousands of former miners across the UK are collectively owed hundreds of millions of pounds for under-settled claims – far more than they are owed for fees that some legal advisers deducted from compensation awards.
He said: ‘We are talking about reclaiming money that people need in order to live. There could be more group actions following on from this one.’ He is currently looking for a lawyer to take on the case.
Calls arre being amplified to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, which has responsibility for the compensation schemes, to conduct a full investigation into the alleged under-settlement of miners’ claims by solicitors and claims handlers. Earlier this year, David Anderson, Labour MP for Blaydon and chair of the All-Party Coalfield Communities Group, called for an investigation at a meeting with David Kidney, junior minister at the DECC.
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