Pannone and Beresfords among 11 sued in ongoing miners' saga
Pannone and Beresfords are among a host of firms being sued for allegedly under-settling compensation claims due to sick coalminers. Manchester-based Pannone and Doncaster firm Beresfords are among 11 firms facing 25 civil claims between them for allegedly failing to retrieve the full amount due to ex-miners under the Government's Coal Health Compensation Scheme.
March 05, 2010 at 10:47 AM
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Pannone and Beresfords are among a host of firms being sued for allegedly under-settling compensation claims due to sick coalminers.
Manchester-based Pannone and Doncaster firm Beresfords are among 11 firms facing 25 civil claims between them for allegedly failing to retrieve the full amount due to ex-miners under the Government's Coal Health Compensation Scheme.
The 25 claims currently being brought by Oldham firm Mellor Hargreaves are worth around £450,000 but it is thought there could be as many as 500 potential claims launched in total against a wider group of firms.
Mellor Hargreaves' professional negligence head Robert Godfrey is leading the team advising the claimants and it is understood that Barlow Lyde & Gilbert is advising Pannone. It is unclear who is advising Beresfords.
A Beresfords spokesperson said: "We have dealt with approximately 97,000 compensation claims for miners, ex-miners, widows and families. We always endeavour to recover the appropriate amount of compensation and advise our clients accordingly."
"Obviously we cannot talk about individual matters but in the unlikely event that a client has a grievance or a complaint then we look at this on its merits and deal with it fairly. If we feel that a complaint is without merit then we will contest it."
Rachel Dobson, operations partner, Pannone, said: "We are unable to discuss the details of this individual case, but our approach is to always deal with matters fairly on the facts of the case and that will be our approach here."
The civil claims are the latest stage in the long-running saga involving coal miners claims. In 2008 it was revealed that legal fees for firms advising on the ongoing compensation claims for the miners had hit more than £700m.
A number of solicitors firms were caught up in the controversy after it emerged they took cuts worth millions of pounds from compensation payouts.
Solicitors from firms including Beresfords and Raleys were both found guilty of breaching the Solicitors' Code of Conduct in relation to their handling of the claims.
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