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Nigerian communities file damages claim against Shell in London court

More than 11,000 Nigerians from the oil-producing Niger Delta have filed a compensation claim against Shell at the London High Court, the latest step in a case that will test whether multinationals can be held to account for the actions of overseas subsidiaries.

Reuters

Bristol City Council threatened with court battle over zoo car park plans approval

Planning committee granted permission for the second time in November after the high court quashed original unlawful decision

Bristol Post

Academics sue Oxford University over ‘Uberisation’ of teaching contracts

Case brought by two creative writing lecturers will draw on landmark 2021 supreme court gig economy ruling

The Guardian - UK

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"We have been tragically let down": Beth Matthews' family say her death was 'wholly avoidable'

Beth's devastated relatives opened up on their 'grief, unimaginable loss and anguish' as they called for mental health providers to 'listen and act' following the tragedy at The Priory in Cheadle in March last year

Manchester Evening News

Energy bills: British flat dwellers with communal heating could sue operators

Exclusive: Hundreds of thousands of people are not covered by price cap and have faced huge rise in costs

The Guardian - UK

Christmas hope for Covid bereaved as landmark £200million lawsuit against Tories begins

The government has been told a £200million lawsuit is set to be launched by families of those who died 'without even being able to say goodbye' due to Tory blunders during the Covid pandemic

Daily Mirror

Families of care home residents who died in pandemic preparing for legal action

Leigh Day is representing 22 people who each have one or more family members who died, some in hospital but the majority in care homes.

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Grieving relatives plan legal action against government over Covid care home deaths

The government and potential co-defendants have been alerted to the pending legal action

Evening Standard

My son is suffering after £20,000 compensation cheque was lost

He was injured in an accident and needs the Esure payment for rehabilitation

The Guardian - UK

Top accreditor of gold refiners sued over alleged human rights abuse

A British law firm said on Tuesday it had brought a case against the world's most important accreditor of gold refineries for renewing a refiner's certification despite alleged human rights abuses at a mine supplying it with gold.

Reuters

Lawsuit demands justice for Zambians 'poisoned' by lead mine

A class action lawsuit targeting mining giant Anglo American over alleged health problems caused by lead mines in central Zambia will hear who can participate in the case in November.

Radio France Internationale

UK accused of putting Tamil refugees at risk in Indian Ocean

MoD personnel escorted refugees away from Diego Garcia in boat with no record of having radio or lifesaving equipment, lawyers say

The Guardian - UK

UK drivers for Bolt ride-hailing app pursue worker benefits claim

Lawyers acting for more than 1,600 drivers say they have been wrongly classed as self-employed

The Guardian - UK

‘Are you a lawyer yet?’: two graduates on their pathways into law

There may be different approaches to studying at The University of Law, but for the two people in our case studies – a barrister and a solicitor – satisfaction once qualified is the same

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Russell family lawyer says after landmark ruling some inquests not done properly

Merry Varney, from Leigh Day solicitors, said not all bereaved relatives have had the chance to seek answers.

The Guardian - UK

Families need help with inquests, say relatives of woman who died of dairy allergy

Relatives of Celia Marsh, who had fatal anaphylaxis after eating a Pret ‘vegan’ wrap, say legal funding should be available to families

Daily Mirror

Liverpool fans could take legal action to sue UEFA over Champions League final fiasco

UK law firm Leigh Day is investigating a potential claim which would allege that UEFA failed to ensure a safe and secure environment for those attending the match.

Liverpool Echo

Law firm investigating group legal action for LFC fans over Paris chaos

Firm Leigh Day believes it could 5-10,000 Reds fans could join legal claim

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Daily Mirror

Mum-of-two died while on holiday after receiving 'appalling care' from hospital

Despite still suffering from stomach pain, the woman was due to go to Jamaica on holiday and had been signed off as fit to fly by her GP, but she fell gravely ill on the plane

Bristol Post

Plans to build 62 homes on former Bristol Zoo car park site deemed unlawful

The Clifton and Hotwells Improvement Society (CHIS) fought the planning application in court and won

Wales Online

Audi, BMW, VW, Fiat and Ford owners among motorists who could get £2,100 payout

MoneySavingExpert explains the legal claims concerning the alleged use of 'defeat devices' in diesel vehicles but warns most manufacturers are vigorously denying the allegations

The Guardian - UK

Volkswagen settles initial ‘dieselgate’ claims with £193m payout

Claimants in England and Wales to receive more than £2,100 each after joining legal action against carmaker

The Guardian - UK

Tamil refugees detained by UK on Chagos Islands go on hunger strike

Forty-two hunger strikers are part of group of 89 Sri Lankans whose boat was intercepted in Indian Ocean by UK military

Al Jazeera

Asylum seekers stuck on Diego Garcia start hunger strike

Group of Tamils has been held on the island, site of a secretive US military base, since October last year.

The Independent UK

Partner of blind charity worker hit by train calls for stations to be made safer

Cleveland Gervais fell from the platform of a south-east London station which had no tactile paving to indicate the edge.

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