OPINION: Lifeline for Swindon disease sufferers

OPINION: Lifeline for Swindon disease sufferers

AS readers of this paper will have seen this week, a lifeline has been offered to sufferers of the so-called ‘Swindon disease’, mesothelioma, after the Government decided to make it easier for victims and their families to pursue compensation in court by not applying court fees to their claims. Mesothelioma is a dreadful cancer that is caused by exposure to asbestos.