Group action planned against housing associations over mould

The firm has 41 clients with illnesses exacerbated by damp conditions in social housing.

Wheatley Group is involved in many of the cases. It said that 98.5 per cent of mould complaints were addressed within two weeks.

Solicitor Claire Campbell, a partner at Thompsons, who specialises in industrial cases involving lung damage told told BBC Scotland News: “Clients are developing lung diseases or if they already suffer from a lung disease like asthma, that’s been exacerbated by their living conditions.

“Children are particularly at risk. Obviously, a lot of children already have asthma or suffer from chest infections. We’ve seen cases where people have also developed skin problems and allergies - there are a number of different conditions that we see.”

She added that the aim of the firm was to bring cases together where possible.

“We are looking into them initially individually,” she said.

“But we are really pursuing investigating the prospect of a group or class action, particularly where there is more than one person in the same estate or street affected.

“I think we have good prospects of doing that because as I say, there are a lot of claims specifically against Wheatley Group or Glasgow Housing Association.

“There is a definite basis for a class action against that housing association.”