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A woman has a received six figure settlement against an ambulance trust, following their alleged failure to detect “red flag” symptoms of a spinal condition.

The Johannesburg High Court has granted permission to appeal an earlier ruling denying class action certification for 140,000 women and children in Kabwe, Zambia.

A group of asylum seekers who have been stranded on Diego Garcia since October 2021 have today been granted bail allowing them to leave the fenced and guarded encampment in which they have held by the BIOT Commissioner since their arrival two and a half years ago.

A survivor of child sexual abuse is bringing a civil claim against a sex therapist, alleging that he raped and sexually assaulted her during a therapy session. 

Jamie Harding, of Essex, died on 4 June 2022 when he deliberately fell from the fifth-floor window of his brother’s flat. An inquest into his death has concluded that there were a series of “significant and repeated failures” on the part of Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (‘EPUT’) in the six months preceding his death, along with an “inadequate” assessment performed of him at Basildon Hospital a few hours before he died.

Lawyers at Leigh Day, who represent around 300 people affected by the contaminated blood scandal, have welcomed the news that the Government is to set up a new Infected Blood Expert Group.

The lack of an independent advocate on a regular, consistent and continuous basis for a 22-year-old mother whose baby was taken into care contributed to her decision to take her own life, an inquest has found.

The Government has conceded a claim by environmental group Wild Justice alleging the unlawful grant of licences for the release of gamebirds in and around two protected habitats.

A survivor of child sexual abuse is bringing a civil claim against a sex therapist, alleging that he raped and sexually assaulted her during a therapy session to treat panic attacks she experienced during consensual sex.

A survivor of childhood sexual abuse by former choirmaster Mark Burgess has settled his civil claim against the Parish of Portsea for a total settlement sum of £90,000.

A man who describes being sexually abused as a child by former choirmaster David Turner has received a £95,000 settlement in a civil claim.

Law firm Leigh Day is pleased to announce five new partner promotions in its Manchester office.