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  • A-bomb victim takes case to High Court (1988)

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    51 year-old Melvin Pearce from Bristol was serving in the Royal Engineers in 1957 when the army exploded an atom bomb just a few miles away from him, off Christmas Island. Pearce is now seriously ill and...

  • A-bomb victim wins right to sue Government (1988)

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    Melvin Pearce from Bristol was serving in the Royal Engineers in 1957 when the army exploded an atom bomb just a few miles away from him, off Christmas Island. Today’s unanimous ruling by the Law Lords...