A number of miners have recently claimed that the compensation level they received from the government for industrial injuries has not been satisfactory. Leeds county court is now set to review the claims of around 20 miners against the solicitors who originally advised them.
All of the men involved are suffering from a condition commonly referred to as, ‘vibration white finger.’ This causes pain and sometimes even numbness. The miners are seeking compensation in order to claim for the tasks they need to employ people to do for them such as DIY and gardening maintenance.
The government have responded claiming that the scheme was controlled fairly and that the miners were treated properly. However if the miners are successful in their claims they could make way for an estimated 50,000 other claim cases.
The former lawyers who represented the miners made claims under the government run compensation scheme which meant that they did not have to attend court.
A few extreme claims reached up to twenty five thousand pounds annually although others were just for a couple of thousand pounds each year.
The government scheme was founded to cover two types of injury, white finger and lung disease due to the impact of inhaling in dust and coal. The scheme has now paid out an estimated 4.1 billion pounds to date.
The main issue concerning the miners was that they were given incorrect or misleading information by their solicitors when they placed their claims. Some cases have been settled outside of court but some law firms have refused to settle.
There has been much interest surrounding the treatment of miners who have required compensation and recent news stories surrounding law firms deducting client fees that were already covered by the government have made a big impact.
Over 3.6 million worth of deductions have now been identified by the Legal Complaints Service and the recovered money has now been returned to the miners that were treated unfairly by their law firms.
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