February 2015

• Mother responds to Serious Case Review into her daughter’s death at eating disorder clinic
  Mother of teenager who hanged herself at a eating disorder clinic expresses disappointment with serious case review 27 February 2015
• Product liability lawyers call for overhaul of Cavity Wall Insulation industry regulations
  Leading product liability lawyers from Leigh Day have added their voices to calls for an overhaul of the regulations governing the Cavity Wall Insulation (CWI) industry. 27 February 2015
• Lawyer for Simon Harris victims welcomes sentence
  Lawyer for Kenyan victims of abuse says her clients are pleased that their abuser, Simon Harris, a former public school teacher, has been sent to prison. 26 February 2015
• GBP 250,000 for delay to bowel cancer diagnosis
  A 50-year-old man has received a quarter of a million pounds after being left with health problems after his cancer was left undetected 26 February 2015
• GBP 1.67m for woman who had a stroke when heart infection missed
  Olive Lewin’s client suffered a devastating stroke when a bacterial infection went undiagnosed despite multiple medical visits 20 February 2015
• Indesit recall gas cookers over safety concerns
  Over 800 injuries or fatalities were caused by faulty appliances in 2013/4 18 February 2015
• Court orders viability report into affordable housing in Greenwich to be released
  Greenwich residents win legal action to see viability assessments used to justify reduction of affordable housing 16 February 2015
• Compensation after client’s hip implant causes damage to sciatic nerve
  Medical negligence lawyer settles claim after elderly woman was left with restricted mobility and in pain when her hip implant dislodged 12 February 2015
• Coventry and Others v Lawrence and Another [2014] UKSC 46
  The Supreme Court hears legal argument over whether the old litigation regime is unlawful 11 February 2015
• Parents recover compensation following the death of baby boy at Barnet Hospital.
  A baby boy died soon after being born when abnormalities in his heart rate were missed 5 February 2015