February 2008

HL rules on limitation periods in abuse cases

A landmark judgment means that victims of a sexual assault will able to claim compensation from their attacker despite the case being more than six years old.

Crash landing passengers may seek compensation

A British Airways Boeing 777 crash-landed at Heathrow airport on 17th January 2008 and some of the people involved may be able to consider making a personal injury claim

Seriously injured pedestrian represented by Leigh Day

Leigh Day & Co is acting for one of the victims of a horrific road traffic incident in Central London in February 2007.

Rights of whistleblowers

Sean Humber and Benjamin Burrows of the Human Rights Department have advised whistleblowers, in both healthcare and prison settings, in relation to their rights and the issues that they need to consider.

Manslaughter charges for Dreamspace artist

The artist who created Dreamspace has been charged with manslaughter. Two women died when the giant inflatable artwork that he was showing broke free from the ropes holding it to the ground.

Mesothelioma drug Alimta made available in England

Last month the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, NICE, issued guidelines on the use of chemotherapy drug, Alimta (also called Pemetrexed Disodium) for certain cases of pleural malignant Mesothelioma. Pleural Mesothelioma is a terminal cancer of the lining of the lungs caused by exposure to asbestos.

Six figure settlement for delayed diagnosis

A client who suffered a ruptured appendix and subsequent health problems as a teenager has received a substantial settlement. She was represented by solicitor Kelly Lawford in the clinical negligence department at Leigh Day & Co

£10,000 grant for the Barking Asbestos Support Group

Barking and Dagenham has been labelled the sickest Borough in London (Rising from the dust London Hazards) and is the tenth worst place in the whole of the UK for men experiencing the effects of asbestos and the subsequent development of fatal disease such as mesothelioma.

Rape claims against British soldiers

Rape claims against British soldiers

Speedy settlement for mesothelioma sufferer

Dan Easton, industrial diseases specialist at law firm Leigh Day & Co, has achieved a substantial settlement for a former charge nurse who is now suffering from mesothelioma.

Successful settlement for asbestos team

The widow of an accountant has received over £150,000 in compensation after her husband contracted mesothelioma at the company where he worked.

SAS whistleblower in court