Scottish Executive lead the way on asbestos disease

Personal injury lawyers acting for claimants continue to call on the government to introduce new legislation to allow sufferers of asbestos-related pleural plaques to claim compensation and so reverse the decision by the House of Lords last October 2007 which put an end to the longstanding right to compensation. 

Pleural plaque, although said to be benign, causes scarring to the tissue around the lungs and, inevitably, worry and distress which can really blight the lives of sufferers. 

So far the response of the government appears to have been sympathetic to sufferers, but it has not been willing to go so far as to reverse the decision and restore the right to compensation.

In contrast the Scottish Executive have acted quickly to introduce proposed legislation which will restore the right to claim in Scotland.  It seems particularly unfair that if one is diagnosed with pleural plaque in Bristol one will  receive no compensation.  If one is resident in Glasgow it is likely one will be compensated for the same condition.

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