Inquest into the Clapham rail disaster

Title
Inquest into the Clapham rail disaster
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
14 Feb 1989
Year of production
1989
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Duration
00:04:14
Description
Margaret Shiels reports on the inquest into the deaths of 35 people in the Clapham rail disaster and British Rail’s awarding of compensation. Includes interview with Ian Walker, lawyer, on the plans keep distress to the relatives to a minimum-learning from the mistakes of the Kings Cross fire inquest and public inquiry; the scope of the inquest and public inquiry to follow; help it can give for those grieving; possibility for criminal charges to be brought afterwards.
Contributors
Ian Walker; Margaret Shiels
Keywords
Deaths; British Rail; Compensation; Inquests; Public inquiries; Railway accidents; Clapham Junction railway accident (1988); Coroners; Kings Cross Underground fires (1987); Paul Knapman

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