My wife joined a group of police officers when this first started. They have been pursuing a private case for a long time. The long and short is that they have been on hold awaiting this appeal by the government. If you haven’t appealed, you won’t receive anything until you go to court. Not sure if it’s too late to join, but I suggest anyone with relatives in the police tell them to do something NOW. It won’t be an automatic right.
as for the armed forces, someone will have to challenge the government.
The current solicitor bill is under £1k per person, massively below the prediction of 4-5k