highlander
15-May-06, 19:13
I was reading an article on-line, how a miner started work at the age of 14.
He died after spending half a century underground. In return his family was only offered £7.13 in compensation.
Thousands of miners with chronic chest disease have been paid less than £100 under a programme that the solicitors earned 20 times as much as the case.
Newly released details of the 7.5 billion scheme, th largest in the world, expose the way in which public money has benefited law firms more generously than pitmen and thier familys.
The law firm that handled the case of the miner only receiving £7.13, earned
41 million.
When i first started reading this article, i thought i was reading about some third world country, but not so, this is british miners.
Dealing with the claims of 3.949 miners who each received less than £100 in compensation, cost the taxpayer £15.3 million.
Thirteen law firms have been paid more than 10 million each for thier work.
Where is the justice in this?
He died after spending half a century underground. In return his family was only offered £7.13 in compensation.
Thousands of miners with chronic chest disease have been paid less than £100 under a programme that the solicitors earned 20 times as much as the case.
Newly released details of the 7.5 billion scheme, th largest in the world, expose the way in which public money has benefited law firms more generously than pitmen and thier familys.
The law firm that handled the case of the miner only receiving £7.13, earned
41 million.
When i first started reading this article, i thought i was reading about some third world country, but not so, this is british miners.
Dealing with the claims of 3.949 miners who each received less than £100 in compensation, cost the taxpayer £15.3 million.
Thirteen law firms have been paid more than 10 million each for thier work.
Where is the justice in this?