LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Ex-serviceman to sue for compensation

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Jul 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:42

Description

Interview with solicitor Mark Mildred, acting for ex-serviceman Melvyn Pearce, who has won the right to pursue a claim against the government, having contracted a rare form of blood cancer. On the implications of the judgment by the Court of Appeal for other veterans exposed to radioactivity during nuclear bomb tests in the 1950s. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Mark Mildred

Keywords

Compensation; Cancer; Courts; Nuclear weapons; Legal decisions; Nuclear weapons testing; Veterans; Melvyn Pearce

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