May 2018

• Lawyers take legal action on behalf of Throat Cancer Foundation over HPV Vaccination
  Lawyers write to Jeremy Hunt on behalf of Throat Cancer Foundation threatening judicial review over decision not to vaccinate boys against the human papillomavirus 30 May 2018
• Shell fails in High Court bid to halt Nigerian Community’s legal fight over clean-up
  A High Court judge has today ruled that a Nigerian community should be allowed to continue their legal action against the oil giant Shell in the UK Courts to force them to clean up their oil pollution. 29 May 2018
• Parents succeed in getting coroner overseeing inquest into daughter’s death replaced
  Grieving parents of a 35 year old woman with autism, have succeeded in their battle to replace the Coroner in charge of their daughter's inquest 29 May 2018
• Group Litigation Order granted in Volkswagen diesel emissions litigation
  Group Litigation Order granted in largest consumer group action to come before English Courts 25 May 2018
• South African journalists launch UK defamation action over Bell Pottinger 'White Monopoly Capital' campaign
  South African journalists take legal action in England against insurers for defunct media company Bell Pottinger over 'White Monopoly Capital' media campaign 21 May 2018
• Statement from Leigh Day in relation to claims against the MoD on behalf of Iraqi civilians
  Statement from Leigh Day in response to recent media stories 16 May 2018
• Campaign group to appeal after High Court NHS legal challenge rejected
  A campaign group has said it will appeal after it lost a High Court ruling over the Government’s plan to restructure the payment mechanisms for providers of health services. 15 May 2018
• Porsche accused of manipulating UK CO2 emissions tests
  Luxury car manufacturer alleged to have manipulated UK CO2 tests 14 May 2018
• Head awareness week offers Cerebra a chance to highlight its work
  Head awareness week takes place from 14 May 2018 14 May 2018
• Product safety lawyer backs call for a full recall of some Whirlpool machines from MPs
  The chair of the Commons Select Committee on Business, Energy and Industry Strategy has contacted OPSS about Whirlpool 13 May 2018
• Parents of Colette McCulloch launch campaign to highlight the poor care and treatment they say she received
  Colette McCulloch died whilst under the care of Pathway House near Bedford 10 May 2018
• Lawyers for Libyan couple welcome Government apology over illegal rendition
  Government issues unreserved apology to Abdul-Hakim Belhaj and his wife Fatima Boudchar 10 May 2018
• Rights groups to take Government to court over immigration exemption
  Two campaign groups are threatening legal action to force the Government to remove an immigration exemption within a Data Protection Bill which they say denies people access to their data exactly when they need it the most. 9 May 2018
• BMW voluntarily extends an existing UK recall relating to certain models of car that could be affected by a power supply issue
  300,000 BMW cars have been recalled because of stalling risk 9 May 2018
• Statement from Peter Francis
  Former SDS undercover Metropolitan Police Officer and now Police whistleblower has given this statement as he decides to stop participating in part of the Undercover Policing Inquiry 4 May 2018
• Product safety lawyer welcomes criminal investigation into Vauxhall Zafira fires
  The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has launched an investigation into Vauxhall 4 May 2018
• Court of Appeal grants permission for CAAT to appeal lawfulness of arms sales to Saudi Arabia
  Court of Appeal grants permission for appeal to be hard against decision to continue to allow UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia 4 May 2018
• Leigh Day issue first Letter Before Action in the University Strikes Student Claim
  Leigh Day, acting on behalf of Cathy Olphin, a first year student at Lancaster University, has now sent what is believed to be the first Letter Before Action to a University in the UK, explaining that Ms Olphin is intending to bring a legal claim for compensation against the University. 4 May 2018
• Legal action planned against UK Government on behalf of Windrush Generation
  Law firm Leigh Day have confirmed that they are preparing a potential group action against the Government on behalf of people, who fall under the definition of the ‘Windrush Generation’ 2 May 2018
• Government face legal battle after nearly half a million women affected by Breast Cancer IT failure
  A leading healthcare lawyer has said the government could face a ‘huge’ legal fight after it was revealed that a breast cancer screening error affected 450,000 women leading to hundreds of lives being cut short 2 May 2018
• Healthcare lawyers shocked at delay in Belfast neurology case review
  A health trust in Northern Ireland has recalled more than 2,500 patients 2 May 2018