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and voice alarm and families on aid bill "reckless" legal currently before Parliament

"We thought a lot about how to make a claim," said the widow of a mesothelioma patient.

"In time, we have found to make a difficult decision and would not have gone forward if there was possibility of having to pay. Not their fault was in a terrible position.

"risking our safety in the future was the opposite of what my husband would have wanted."

is one of the milder reactions gathered at the Forum of asbestos victims support groups for the purpose of the reform of civil charges proposed by Justice Jackson in the sentence and legal assistance for the punishment of offenders of the bill, which took over control in Parliament this week. The parents of the victims - who already feel betrayed by the way their loved one contracted mesothelioma - now face having to sell part of its damage to legal fees. They accuse the government of twisting the knife.

The voices of the victims was not heard during the heated debate on this section of the law, which was dominated by insurance companies and trade punches lawyers calling. On Monday, the Association of British Insurers roped in a number of major retailers and others - including Asda, Argos, Costa, Ford and BAA Premier Inn - compensation reform "partnership" is a nouvelle''qui firmly behind the proposals

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Tony, who runs the forum, said that victims of mesothelioma are "so overcome by the disease and shocked by the diagnosis" that the only way they may have to take legal action Peace is not to be at risk of paying any price.

is rejected Jackson's argument is that the current system was launched ten years ago, and before that he was aware that applicants must provide for your damages. It was changed for the same reason, it did not work, he said.

But what are the prospects of the applicant lobby - which was far less united than the other party - to achieve a significant change for the project? If a summary of the Jackson in four words, would "defendants have rights," and certainly there is a recognition that the current system is out of order. But so far, the government turned a deaf ear to alternative proposals.

committee stage of legislation in the House of Commons is the phoney war. Opposition members have established a series of amendments to derail the reforms in the knowledge that it is unlikely to be successful, the goal is to put the Liberal Democrats in a difficult position and prepare the stage for the real struggle that expected in the House of Lords. Bill timetable was clear that through the joint in that spirit.

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