2023 News

Nine gas hob brand manufacturers have launched a safety check programme after faults were discovered posing a serious risk of poisoning, burns or gas explosion and/or fire.

A father and daughter have received compensation in settlement of their claim for race discrimination and harassment after a Conservative Club in Cardiff refused to host their Christening party on learning they were Irish Travellers.

The Office of Product Safety and Standards has announced another recall of E-bike batteries and chargers.

Two years after their court victory quashing a development consent order (DCO) for a road scheme through Stonehenge World Heritage Site, campaigners are starting the legal challenge process all over again.

Families whose loved ones died in care homes and hospitals in the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic have issued legal claims in the High Court against the Health Secretary, individual care homes and Hospital Trusts.

The inquest into the death of Sultana Razia Choudhury, 60, has concluded that gross failings in her care amounted to neglect, which caused her death on 17 December 2022 at Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone.

A forklift driver from Stanley, Durham, was likely to have been exposed to asbestos when he worked at the Ransom, Hoffman & Pollard Plant in Greencroft, which eventually led to his death of epithelioid mesothelioma in 2022, an inquest heard

Thirty-seven-year-old London artist Sophie O’Neill died of a rare heart condition myocarditis and liver failure caused by the anti-psychotic drug clozapine, an inquest was told.

Product safety lawyers have raised concerns after Woom children’s bikes were recalled from sale over safety fears.

Leading data breach lawyers say that the recent announcement by Suffolk and Norfolk police forces that it has inadvertently included details of victims and witnesses, involved in domestic and sexual abuse cases, within responses to Freedom of Information (“FOI”) requests is likely to lead to substantial claims for compensation by those affected.

Product safety lawyers have welcomed a BBC investigation into e-bike and e-scooter safety.

A legal case has been served on the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) alleging that it is wrongly certifying gold from a mine in Africa as being free from serious human rights abuses. The LBMA oversees the vast London gold market, the largest in the world.