April 2011

• Access to justice charity challenges MoJ costs and funding reforms
  Public Law Project instructs Leigh Day 27 April 2011
• Legal challenge to Oxfordshire County Council’s Children, Education and Families consultation
  Budget cuts agreed before end of consultation period 25 April 2011
• Soldiers injured in Iraq friendly fire challenge combat immunity in court
  Widow will argue that combat immunity does not apply to their claims against the MoD 21 April 2011
• Battle to save libraries in Suffolk
  Leigh Day is instruted by a library user in Sudbury, Suffolk 20 April 2011
• Accident at work settlement for Polish carpenter
  Defective circular saw injury left carpenter seriously injured and unable to continue with his work in the UK 20 April 2011
• Employment and surrogacy guidance for Working Families
  Alison Millar writes factsheet on empolyment rights and surrogacy 20 April 2011
• UK stillbirth rate one of highest in Europe
  Lancet reports show lack of improvement in UK stillbirth rates compared to other countries 18 April 2011
• Letter published in British Medical Journal on misleading clinical negligence figures
  Russell Levy has written to the BMJ in response to figures quoted in media relating to clinical negligence costs 15 April 2011
• Leigh Day secures landmark victory against asbestos manufacturer
  Unique success for Leigh Day against asbestos parent company 14 April 2011
• Car factory employee receives asbestos compensation
  Birmingham car factory employee developed mesothelioma 14 April 2011
• Court approves release of documents in Mau Mau trial
  First official documents released relating to Mau Mau treatment 12 April 2011
• Miriam O'Reilly reaches agreement with BBC
  Miriam O'Reilly looking forward to working for the BBC again 8 April 2011
• Mau Mau claims case covered by Times
  UK newspaper looks at Kenyan claims case 6 April 2011
• New brain injured baby settlements result in compensation
  Head of clinical negligence, Russell Levy, secures compensation for two families 5 April 2011
• Leigh Day & Co elects its first Managing Partner
  Frances Swaine becomes first managing partner of Leigh Day 4 April 2011