December 2009

• Misleading publicity about clinical negligence compensation
  Media reports mislead public on true costs of medical accidents in the UK 23 December 2009
• Colombian farmers’ case against BP subsidiary could go to trial in 2011
  The trial of a claim brought by Colombian farmers against BP subsidiary to take place in 2011 22 December 2009
• Amnesty International: We must stop attempt to defraud Ivory Coast Claimants
  Amnesty International sends open letter to Côte d’Ivoire’s Minister of Justice 22 December 2009
• Ivorian claimants’ compensation hangs in the balance
  Court of Appeal in Ivory Coast set to rule on compensation 18 December 2009
• JCHR reports on human rights and UK corporations
  JCHR attacks human rights records of some UK companies 17 December 2009
• Significant settlement for client who developed meningitis soon after birth
  Six-figure sum and periodic payments for young client with brain damage 17 December 2009
• Binyam Mohamed torture case under way in Court of Appeal
  Dramatic twist as Government alters case 14 December 2009
• ABI under fire for approach to asbestos victims
  The Association of British Insurers has a success rate of only 45% when tracing employer's liability insurers 11 December 2009
• Odszkodowanie dla pasażerki podróżującej na tylnim siedzeniu motocyklu
  Młoda kobieta otrzymała odszkodowanie za wypadek motocyklowy 8 December 2009
• Leigh Day instructed in demand for formal inquest into death of Dr David Kelly
  Six doctors want the inquest into the death of Dr David Kelly to be reopened 8 December 2009
• Cycle deaths in UK higher than other countries
  Research reveals that UK roads are more dangerous for cyclists than those of cycle-friendly countries 3 December 2009
• Settlement following death caused by internal bleeding after liver biopsy
  A substantial settlement has been awarded to a man whose wife died after undergoing a liver biopsy at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford 3 December 2009
• Stephen Allbutt judicial review withdrawn
  Leigh Day reluctantly advises Deborah Allbutt that her son's judicial review challenge should be withdrawn. 2 December 2009