Atomic damages case due for trial

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Source: ITN

Three High Court judges have ruled that the case of the late Bert Sinfield should be heard.

But Lady Justice Smith, Justice Leveson and Sir Mark Waller ruled that nine other test cases were statute-barred and outside the legal time limit.

They said they had declined to exercise their discretion in the veterans' favour because they had no evidence which could prove their illnesses had probably been caused by radiation exposure.

The servicemen blame their ill-health, including cancer, skin defects and fertility problems, on involvement in Britain's nuclear tests on the Australian mainland, Monte Bello and Christmas islands between 1952 and 1958.

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