Attention was alsop paid to measures providing improved support for
bereaved families of victims.
«I welcome the call for a new victims» law which will enshrine the proper treatment, information and rights
bereaved families of victims of crime should receive.»
Not exact matches
Delays burying bodies
of murder
victims — 78 %
of bereaved families wait more than 28 days to bury loved ones and 6 % wait more than 6 months.
She has advised a number
of patients who have been
victims of gross neglect, representing the interests
of patients and
bereaved families in such cases involving GMC proceedings.
According to APIL, unmarried partners, stepchildren and step - parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, and single dads are all
victims of a «cruel oversight» in the law for
bereaved families.
The Chief Coroner, Peter Thornton QC, used an interview with The Guardian to call for legal aid to be provided to
bereaved families at inquests where public bodies are involved, while Louise Brookes, whose brother died at Hillsborough, urged the government to guarantee legal aid for the
families of the Birmingham bomb
victims.