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Recent news

• Call for answers over British government financing of palm oil firm

  16 February 2020

  A letter has been sent to financier CDC Group PLC by a group of environmental NGOs demanding answers about investments in palm oil company Feronia

• Former Ministry of Labour worker receives settlement from DWP following asbestos diagnosis

  13 February 2020

  ​A woman who worked in a government office with asbestos lined doors has secured compensation of over £150,000 after she was diagnosed with mesothelioma.

• Chris Packham considering legal challenge following decision to proceed with HS2

  13 February 2020

  Broadcaster and naturalist Chris Packham, is considering legal action following the Prime Minister’s decision to proceed with HS2.

• More than £30 million compensation secured for seven-year-old boy who was starved of oxygen at birth

  13 February 2020

  A child who suffered near-total deprivation of oxygen at his birth will receive more than £30 million in compensation to help provide lifelong care.

• Store closure doesn’t affect supermarket workers’ right to join back-pay claim for equal pay

  12 February 2020

  Supermarket workers who face losing their jobs because of store closures can still join a claim for equal pay, lawyers say.

• Key legal stage in fight to prevent oil drilling in Surrey

  12 February 2020

  A Surrey campaigner will reach another key legal stage in her fight to prevent new oil wells being drilled near to her home in Redhill this week.