June 2011

• Leigh Day wins judgment on combat immunity challenge
  MoD loses application to strike out friendly fire claims 30 June 2011
• Abuse care home closed on 24th June
  Castlebeck closes Winterbourne View Hospital 30 June 2011
• Diplomat “denied foreign post due to her deafness” appeals
  Leigh Day is representing Jane Cordell, a former diplomat with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office 29 June 2011
• £1.1m for client left with cauda equina syndrome
  Olive Lewin successfully settles further cauda equina case 29 June 2011
• Thalidomiders Legal Group formed by Leigh Day and RJW
  The group will pursue claims on behalf of those with disabilities as a result of the drug thalidomide. 24 June 2011
• Company director is liable for dismissing pregnant employee
  Client wins sex discrimination claim against former boss 24 June 2011
• AvMA highlights dangers of removing legal aid
  Gemma Castrofilippo has written about access to justice in medical negligence cases 14 June 2011
• Government announces legal protection for vulnerable adults
  Appalling abuse at Winterbourne Hospital prompts announcement from Minister 9 June 2011
• Attorney General refuses Fiat for fresh inquest into death of Dr David Kelly
  New Kelly inquest denied 9 June 2011
• Surrey patients with failed metal-on-metal hip replacements can seek compensation
  Group action against DePuy over ASR hip replacements 9 June 2011
• Ectopic pregnancy compensation award
  Significant six-figure sum after life-threatening ectopic pregnancy diagnosis delayed 8 June 2011
• Alison Millar secures compensation for profoundly disabled woman
  Local authority fails to ensure that welfare benefits were claimed on her behalf 8 June 2011
• Leigh Day clients give evidence at Nursing and Midwifery Council hearing
  New-born Riley Croft died at the Royal Free Hospital in 2005 8 June 2011
• Successful claim for compensation after assault in prison
  A female prisoner was physically and sexually assaulted in a private women's prison 1 June 2011
• Sickening abuse at care homes revealed by Panorama
  Care industry under fire as vulnerable adults treated appallingly at Castlebeck care unit 1 June 2011