Later in the month a further four firms admitted making compensation payments.

And the ruling could force large compensation payments to be made to native groups for the rights to the resources on the land.

It is believed a compensation payment of around £30,000 was agreed between the two counties.

Another 4,000 people, among the priority cases, are expected to receive compensation payments by the end of the year.

The groups have called for compensation payments from the Government.

She began collecting workers' compensation payments that month, they said.

There is no guarantee that criminal compensation payments will be made.

Each year, some 65,000 applications are received and nearly £200 million is paid in compensation payments.

But this compensation payment is often below the cost of distribution.

Japan has already started to make compensation payments to Indonesia.