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Miners’ Knee Litigation - Andrew Kinnier, Henderson Chambers

22/01/13. On 25th October 2012 the Court of Appeal (Mummery LJ, Hallet LJ and Tomlinson LJ) handed down judgment in the Miners’ Knee Litigation (MKL) limitation appeal. Following the Supreme Court’s decision in the Atomic Veterans Litigation (“AVL”), the MKL decision is the latest judgment by the appellate courts relating to limitation in the context of group actions. MKL concerned working conditions in coal-mines in England, Wales and Scotland between 1954 and 1994. Following the making of a...

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