2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste dump of Leigh Day & Co said, "This has been a disaster on a monumental scale. We hold Trafigura fully to account for all the deaths and injuries that have resulted from the dumping of their waste." In response, Trafigura announced on Monday 2006 that it had started libel proceedings against British lawyer Martyn Day, of Leigh Day & Co. On 20 September 2009, both cases were dropped in an out-of-court settlement. Trafigura announced it would pay more than to claimants, noting that 20 independent experts had examined the case but were "unable to identify a link". The package would be
Corby toxic waste case to pursue the claim against Corby Borough Council as a class action involving children born between 1985 and 1999. The case to be heard at the High Court in 2009 represented 18 young people who alleged that toxic waste dumped by Corby Borough Council between 1984 and 1999 was the cause of their deformities. All had serious disabilities, including missing or underdeveloped fingers and deformities of their feet. They alleged that their mothers ingested or inhaled the toxic substances that affected the development of their limbs while they were still in the womb. All of their mothers either lived in