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Judges ‘protecting negligent bosses’
SUPREME Court judges were accused yesterday of protecting “negligent” bosses by crushing Welsh plans to make them pay for the care of workers suffering “devastating” industrial diseases.
A Bill by Labour AM Mick Antoniw would have forced firms to compensate the NHS for the cost of treating people who contract asbestos-related diseases, such as mesothelioma.
It was scuppered at the last legal stage though by judges, who upheld a challenge by the Association of British Insurers.
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