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Irwin Mitchell slams Govt over vCJD compensation scheme.
(From The Lawyer)
The Irwin Mitchell partner advising 150 families affected by the human form of mad cow disease has hit out at the Department of Health's (DoH) handling of the compensation scheme set up to support his clients.
David Body told The Lawyer: "The trust deed has been drafted in a particularly elliptical and unhelpful way. I seriously believe the DoH is at fault for failing to remedy these problems."
Body's comments follow a week of intense criticism of the vCJD (variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease) Trust's adviser Charles Russell, which has been paid GBP3.2m for advice given to the trust since its establishment in 2001. Irwin Mitchell has earned in excess of GBP1.4m since the trust's foundation.
Body went on to condemn Charles Russell's involvement in the saga. He claimed the trust deed is unnecessarily complicated. "Those that have advised the trustees have been ...
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