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
• 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
• 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