November 2006

Prison transfer victory

In the first settlement of its kind, the Prison Service has been forced to transfer a prisoner to a prison closer to the family home in order to allow his wife, who suffers from a range of serious health problems, to visit him.

Successful latex claim completed by Leigh Day & Co

Daniel Easton, solicitor in the industrial diseases team at law firm Leigh Day & Co, has successfully concluded a claim for a client suffering from a latex allergy.

Guidance on treatment of premature and sick babies published

Leigh Day & Co partner Anne Winyard is a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics’ working party that has been looking at the difficult questions surrounding the treatment of very premature or sick babies

Autistic children and their right to treatment

Alison Millar was recently approached by a mother who had tried unsuccessfully for a year to obtain occupational therapy treatment for her autistic son.