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The Miners Compensation Scheme
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The Miners Compensation Scheme
In 1999 the Government set up the world's biggest ever compensation scheme to support former British Coal Miners who had suffered chronic lung disease and vibration white finger as a result of working in the pits.
Beresfords Solicitors has been delighted to represent more miners and/or their families in their fight to receive compensation, than any other solicitor in the UK.
The fees payable to Beresfords for handling these cases were fixed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) following negotiations with the Claimant Solicitors Group, a national representative body. Exactly the same fee per case, dependant on the category, is paid to every participating solicitor in the UK.
The level of compensation paid to the miners is determined by the Courts.
Beresfords has acted wholly in accordance with the DTI scheme as overseen by the Courts. We have received payment of our fee from the Government and we have not deducted our fee from the compensation of miners.
We can categorically state that Beresfords do not profit by retaining any monies from compensation due to the miner and/or his family.
In approximately 10% of the cases handled by Beresfords, the claimants were introduced to us on behalf of the Union of Demcratic Mineworkers (UDM) under a separate agreement negotiated between the DTI and the UDM. Beresfords has paid a fee on these cases from its own funds.
There is an ongoing investigation into an agreement between the UDM and Walker and Co (Claims Services) Limited of Sheffield, which Beresfords have been happy to help with.
Beresfords will continue to work diligently and to the highest professional standards on behalf of our mining scheme clients to secure compensation that is rightfully theirs, which we repeat, they will receive without any deduction of solicitor's fees.
MARK FARRELL
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
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