June 2013

• Recent report by mental health charity Mind reveals patients put at risk by physical restraints
  Shocking figures revealed by Mind on over-use of physical restraint on mental health patients 27 June 2013
• Another win for the Leigh Day Employment Team
  Leigh Day win Employment Team of the Year title alongside Outer Temple Chambers at the 2013 Lawyer Awards 26 June 2013
• New whistle blowing fact sheet published
  Fact sheet explains changes in law on whistle blowers 26 June 2013
• The Rehabilitation Code 2007
  Injured cyclists and the Rehabilitation Code 2007 21 June 2013
• Former carpenter with mesothelioma recovers over £300,000
  Asbestos lawyer secures significant sum of compensation for carpenter who worked with asbestos sheets 21 June 2013
• Cover-up at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust
  Care Quality Commission under fire over report on University Hospitals of Morecombe Bay NHS Trust 20 June 2013
• Faulty hip roadshows - Bristol and Stockton on Tees
  Lawyers from Leigh Day will be holding meetings in Bristol and Stockton on Tees with people affected by the early failure of their hip replacement implant. 19 June 2013
• MoD told by Supreme Court it does have a 'duty of care' to provide proper equipment
  MoD told by Supreme Court it does have a ‘Duty Of Care’ to provide proper equipment to soldiers going to war
 19 June 2013
• Settlement for woman who suffered multiple fractures
  Personal injury solicitors successfully secure compensation for Norma McConnell following fall 19 June 2013
• Coroner writes to 5 organisations over "disturbing" death of woman after "distressing altercation"
  A coroner has written to five organisations over the "disturbing" death of a woman following a "distressing altercation" between her daughter and two nurses at the home. 19 June 2013
• Care Quality Commission finally announces moves to monitor care home death rates
  Abuse solicitor welcomes announcement from CQC of plans to monitor death rates in residential care homes 18 June 2013
• Leigh Day gives evidence to Joint Committee on prisoner voting
  Leigh Day prison law experts give evidence to joint committee on prisoner voting 17 June 2013
• Abuse solicitor adds voice to calls for inquiry into Solar Centre as former Doncaster carers jailed
  Abuse claims lawyer Alison Millar calls for investigation into possible systematic failure at Solar Centre day centre 14 June 2013
• CICA Compensation secured for hospital attack
  Compensation secured from the CICA for a patient attacked on a hospital ward in an unprovoked assault 12 June 2013
• Hearing into alleged wide scale abuse at a children’s home in Yorkshire allows case to proceed
  Over 100 people claim they were sexually abused at a Catholic home in Yorkshire 10 June 2013
• Four NHS Trusts will trial new medical device tracking system
  Potential problems with medical devices will be monitored by new tracking system 7 June 2013
• Leigh Day industrial disease lawyer gives lecture to doctorate students at Oxford University
  Vijay Ganapathy, solicitor specialising in asbestos and mesothelioma claims recently spoke at Oxford University 7 June 2013
• Abuse claims law firm Leigh Day backs call for new offence of corporate neglect
  String of care abuse scandals leaves families frustrated by lack of accountability after failures in care 7 June 2013
• Employment law specialists Leigh Day will run a seminar giving practical training for NGOs
  Free practical training seminar for employment advisers working with NGOs on 3rd July 2013 6 June 2013
• Statement from Archbishop Desmond Tutu
  Statement from Archbishop Desmond Tutu on the announcement of compensation for Kenyan torture victims: 6 June 2013 6 June 2013
• Statement from Leigh Day on Kenyan torture victim settlement
  Martyn Day responds to the statement by William Hague in relation to a settlement from the UK Government for Kenyan torture victims 6 June 2013
• Leigh Day contributes to debate on the Government’s threat to legal aid
  Law firm Leigh Day warns that Government’s plans to reform the legal aid system will see justice ‘sold to the lowest bidder’ 6 June 2013
• Government restarts transfer of Afghan detainees to Afghan judicial system
  Lawyers for Camp Bastion prisoners react angrily to news that prisoners transfers will be restarting 6 June 2013
• Leigh Day launch High Court legal action For ‘blacklisted’ GMB members
  Leigh Day, acting on behalf of the GMB union, have begun legal action at the High Court on behalf of GMB members allegedly blacklisted 4 June 2013
• Stillbirth and neonatal death: Don’t forget fathers
  Stillbirth and neonatal charity SANDS publish leaflet Mainly for Fathers 3 June 2013
• Secular society go to court over parking exemption
  Leigh Day is taking legal action against a Council for providing parking exemption to churchgoers on Sunday mornings 3 June 2013
• Lawyer welcomes arrests of Rwandans on suspicion of genocide
  Rosa Curling responds to the arrests of five Rwandans, suspected of genocide and murder 1 June 2013