March 2011

• Leigh Day in battle to save Sure Start centres in Hampshire
  Hampshire County Council faces legal challenge 31 March 2011
• Recent successful cycling claims settled by the team
  A round-up of recent cycle compensation claims 31 March 2011
• Partner promotion at Leigh Day & Co
  Jill Paterson became a partner in the international and group claims department 31 March 2011
• Kenyan victims of colonial torture to give evidence at the High Court in London
  Further developments in Mau Mau claims case 29 March 2011
• Leigh Day instructed to challenge Reading Council funding decision
  Reading Council for Racial Equality threatened by funding cuts 24 March 2011
• Compensation for mother whose baby daughter was stillborn
  A full term baby girl was stillborn at the Bloomsbury Birthing Centre 23 March 2011
• Deadly dust settlements for ‘£10 Poms’
  Asbestos compensation secured for UK immigrants to Australia and New Zealand 21 March 2011
• Child migrant film Oranges and Sunshine opens
  Frances Swaine attends film premiere at invitation of Child Migrant Trust 21 March 2011
• Leigh Day hold advice day for patients with metal on metal hip components at Stockton on Tees
  More Stockton upon Tees patients could be affected by potentially defective hip replacements 21 March 2011
• Battle to save Isle of Wight libraries
  Leigh Day instructed by local library users trying to stop library closures 14 March 2011
• Text reading driver convicted of killing a pedestrian and sentenced for 30 months
  Teenager driver convicted of causing death by dangerous driving 11 March 2011
• Startling new failure rate figures for metal on metal hip replacements
  The British Hip Society has published new findings 10 March 2011
• Leigh Day welcomes mesothelioma judgment
  Asbestos and mesothelioma lawyers pleased with Supreme Court decision 10 March 2011
• Sign up to the Women’s Equality Network
  Employment partner Camilla Palmer helps launch new equality network 9 March 2011
• BP fail to act on reports of pipeline intimidation
  BP fail to respond to allegations of security forces intimidation along BTC pipeline 9 March 2011
• Fatal negligent heart treatment results in compensation
  Consultant cardiologist misdiagnosed businessman’s heart condition 3 March 2011
• Asbestos settlement for two brothers
  Two former ship building brothers both represented by Daniel Easton 3 March 2011
• Successful race discrimination claim against NHS Trust
  Leigh Day has successfully concluded a race discrimination claim for Judy Williams 2 March 2011
• Campaign for Books launches library closure challenge
  Leigh Day has been instructed by a group trying to prevent the closure of public libraries 2 March 2011
• Final submissions made to AG in Kelly inquest case
  Leigh Day in push for full inquest into death of Dr David Kelly 2 March 2011