2023 News

Lawyers who helped a severely disabled man challenge benefits cuts which threatened to leave him without adequate care during a lengthy stay in hospital have, together with Inclusion London, produced a guide to help other people know their rights when they find themselves in similar circumstances.

A further product recall has been issued by Abbott Laboratories for its ‘Assurity’ and ‘Endurity’ pacemakers, informing clinicians that a manufacturing issue could cause harm to patients.

Chris Packham has filed a High Court legal challenge to the Government for abandoning statutory green pledges made in its latest carbon budget to keep the UK on target for net zero.

Lawyers acting for climate charity Possible have filed formal complaints against both British Airways (BA) and Virgin Atlantic over their claims that they are reducing emissions from flights and the consequent harm to the climate, via increased efficiency, carbon offsets, and the use of alternative fuels.

Law firm Leigh Day has launched a group legal claim against FREENOW, a ride hailing app owned by BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz Mobility, arguing that the company is treating its private hire drivers unlawfully.

Consumer law specialist Tina Patel has warned of the dangers of travelling abroad for cosmetic surgery following the death of a British woman during buttock enlargement (Brazilian butt-lift) surgery at a hospital in Turkey.

A man who developed a spinal cord abscess after a failure to diagnose his diabetes has been secured a multi-million-pound settlement.

An inquest into the death of 39-year-old Marwo Kassim, who fell from the balcony of her third floor flat in west London after an epileptic seizure, has found that the failure of the local housing authority and housing association to provide her with safe accommodation was a cause of her death.

The final inquest into the death of Jodey Whiting, who died aged 42 following the termination of her Employment Support Allowance (ESA) by the DWP, is expected to take place in Spring 2024 following decisions made during today’s Pre-Inquest Review hearing (PIR).

The High Court has ruled that 13,000 Nigerian fishermen and farmers at the centre of a major oil pollution case against Shell can bring claims for breaches of their right to a clean environment under Nigerian constitutional law. If the case succeeds at trial, it will be the first time in legal history that a UK multinational will have been found to have breached a communities’ right to a clean environment.

Food industry environmental campaigners have welcomed a government U-turn that means the government will reconsider whether the food industry will be required to report how much food is going to waste.

Multiple failings by healthcare professionals to recognise and adequately treat William Gray’s asthma caused the death of the 10-year-old, an inquest has concluded.