August 2005

Company fail to delay payment of asbestos compensation

A company must pay £82,000 damages to the sister of an asbestos victim, despite their attempt to postpone payment while a legal technicality is clarified. The woman is represented by Leigh Day's specialist asbestos lawyer Daniel Easton.

Care of psychiatric patients who are a danger to others

The Government is considering a draft mental health bill which, among many other elements, will give psychiatric services the right to treat some patients with mental health problems compulsorily. Leigh Day & Co has been involved with a number of cases where psychiatric patients have received inadequate treatment and have then harmed or killed someone else and/or themselves.

Speed boat disaster: family sue

In August 2002, Paul and Andrea Gallagher and their three children were enjoying a holiday of a lifetime in the Bahamas when disaster struck.