CORRECTION - Tandem Law: Tandem Law Welcomes the Decision of the Court to Recognise the Need to Compensate These Victims of Torture

CORRECTION - Tandem Law: Tandem Law Welcomes the Decision of the Court to Recognise the Need to Compensate These Victims of Torture PR Newswire LONDON, October 5, 2012 Today's judgement put to bed the argument that reparation claims should be dropped due to the time elapsed since the Mau Mau uprising in the 1950s. The UK government has already accepted its colonial forces tortured detainees. Mr Justice McCombe's insightful judgement has recognised the need to compensate the victims of these atrocities. Tandem Law greatly welcomes the decision on behalf of their clients. Tandem Law have been instrumental in putting into place a specialised and skilled satellite department in Kenya to access and represent the wider community of hundreds of elderly Kenyans who are still alive and were the victim of abuses during the Emergency. Andrew Lindsay, Tandem Law's Managing Director, says, "I am delighted by the Court's treatment of this case, and for those still living in Kenya who were tortured and horribly abused by the British Government and its colonial agents. Hopefully the Government will now do the right thing and accept responsibility for this terrible injustice and for its delays and cover ups. The Government has taken advantage of legal technicalities to evade responsibility and it is now time to unreservedly apologise for its gross excesses and compensate the victims fairly.