ABNEY GARSDEN McDONALD - solicitors                        

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4th February 2000 - 7th March 2001

19th September 2001

World Trade Disaster

The worst disaster the world has ever known is portrayed in several different mediums to explain what happened. There are diagrams and pictures to scan through.

16th August 2001

Inquiry launched into Camelford poisoning or BBC Online

An inquiry into the long–term health effects of water poisoning around Camelford in Cornwall was announced today by Environment Minister Michael Meacher but it was not the full public inquiry some campaigners wanted.

7th June 2001

Tobacco litigant awarded £2bn

A US jury has awarded the largest individual punitive damage award to a a smoker with incurable lung and brain cancer. BBC News Online takes a closer look at the issues surrounding tobacco litigation. Could a UK smoker win a similar amount? Read another BBC article

24th April 2001

Fears of more human foot and mouth

The Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) confirmed on Tuesday that it was examining two cases in addition to the one uncovered by the BBC yesterday.

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