A landmark £200m lawsuit against the government for errors in handling the Covid pandemic is set to be launched by families that lost loved ones to the disease, The Mirror reports. A first group of 20 families have begun proceedings.
Health Secretary Steve Barclay and the Health Security Agency were alerted of the lawsuit by law firm Leigh Day. Company partner Emma Jones said: “People who lost loved ones feel passionately that the Government must be held accountable for the fatal decisions made early in the pandemic. The families we represent want justice for the mums and dads they lost without even being able to say goodbye.”
One person involved in the lawsuit is John Orford, whose father Ronald passed away aged 94 after contracting Covid at his care home in St Helens, Merseyside. John, 64, continues to suffer from the bereavement having recently been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress.
