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Insurance: Asbestos campaigners demand coalition government come clean on secret pact with industry
TUC congress meeting to expose details of 'shocking deal' to end mesothelioma sufferers' legal costs exemption
Asbestos campaigners have renewed demands for the government to come clean over a secret deal with insurers to impose costs on mesothelioma sufferers seeking compensation.
The call comes ahead of a fringe event at the TUC congress in Liverpool on Monday organised by the Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum (AVSGF) which aims to promote an “agenda for justice” for all asbestosis victims.
The Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Laspo) imposes legal costs on claimants bringing personal injury cases.
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