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Less money for mining victims
Cape plc’s South African asbestos victims will get only one-third of the £21-million originally promised them by the British-based multinational.
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Cape plc finally pays out
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Less money for mining victims
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Gencor opposes class action as 37 seek payment for asbestos-related diseases [South Africa]
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Gencor mum on asbestos case [South Africa]
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Cape avoids justice again
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Cape Plc fails to pay asbestos claimants [South Africa]
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Asbestos Lawyers Hand Cape a Final Ultimatum to Pay [South Africa]
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Asbestosis victims wait for their millions [South Africa]
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Asbestos firm [Cape] warns of claims risk
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36 asbestos claims cite Gencor as a defendant [South Africa]
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Justice sought for workers suffering from asbestosis [South Africa]
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Lifting the corporate veil
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UK payout for asbestosis victims
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South African Asbestos Victims Settle With Cape
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Cape to compensate South Africa asbestos miners
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Victory for South African asbestos claimants
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Blow to asbestos claimants
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Asbestos victims widen quest for compensation [South Africa/UK]
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Cape plc Opens Talks With South African Asbestos Victims: First breakthrough in compensation campaign?
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South African asbestos settlement talks begin
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Cape asbestos case turns critical
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Compensate South African Victims, Cape plc Told
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Justice delayed for a childhood in asbestos
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Apartheid's Killer Legacy
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Bringing the Multinationals to Book
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Liability of Multinational Corporations under International Law
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