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British Families' Legal Aid Restored in EMF Suit
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Tuesday, July 30, 2002 12:22:22
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Legal aid for three families from Birmingham, North Yorkshire, and Manchester, England was restored by the London High Court legal aid board to support their efforts to litigate for compensation for their childrens' cancers that they claim are due to exposure to EMFs from the electrical transmission system. The families were originally awarded the legal aid in 1994, but appeals by the National Grid (et al.) led to revocation of the aid in mid-1995. The case will go to trial in the next two years with each family seeking up to 100,000 pounds. One claimant, Ray Studholme, seeks compensation for his 13-year-old son Simon's death from leukemia that Studholme attributes to EMF exposure from a sub-station near his home in Manchester. Martyn Day, attorney for the families, is quoted in a report by Andrew Woodcock of PA News as saying, "Although I accept the legal right of the National Grid to try to stop legal aid being granted, I think there is a moral issue here and I believe it was quite wrong of them to try to prevent these families taking these cases through to trial."
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