Ex-serviceman to sue for compensation

Title

Ex-serviceman to sue for compensation

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Jul 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:04:50

Description

Ken McGinley of the British Nuclear Test Veterans Association on his delight that the Court of Appeal will allow Melvyn Pearce to pursue a claim against the government for contracting blood cancer. And on the likelihood of other servicemen exposed to radioactivity during nuclear bomb tests in the 1950s, or their families, to sue for compensation. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Ken McGinley

Keywords

Armed forces; Compensation; Courts; Nuclear weapons; Legal decisions; Nuclear weapons testing; Veterans; Melvyn Pearce; British Nuclear Test Veterans Association

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