FRENCH FARCE TO GREEK TRAGEDY
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ime will tell whether Sir George Young's promise to take "a personal interest" in pursing compensation for British operators trapped in France turns out to be any more effective than a certain Prime Minister's famous pre-war piece of paper. But the Transport Secretary's comments have certainly raised expectations that he'll win rapid recompense for those international hauliers who have suffered serious losses at the hands of the French lorry driver's—and now Greek farmers. Rather omninously, all the signs are that it will be a protracted battle for cash. The UK trade associations want the French Government to settle the case centrally; it appears more likely that individual claims from hauliers will have to be dealt with at regional level. That would not be a "fast track" compensation process; indeed, it would allow the French Government to wash its hands of the whole affair. Even so, hauliers should not delay in getting claims in with their lawyers or trade association.
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