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Court of Appeal rules in dock workers’ favour

Dock workers with asbestos-related illness have been granted the right to sue the government following a Judgment by the Court of Appeal.

The case involved a former dockyard worker Robert Thompson 65 and Winifred Rice, the widow of a dockyard worker. They failed in their original action last year at the High Court. It rules that the government could not be held responsible, but that instead the Department of Trade and Industry was responsible for the dockers safety.
The overturned ruling now means that dockers can be compensated by the government. Previously many of those seeking compensation endured long searches for Dock Labout Boards many of which no longer exist.