Compensation unlikely for Land of Leather customers
27/03/2009
Around 300 customers of the Land of Leather furniture chain have learned that they are likely to be excluded from any compensation award after suffering an allergic reaction to an anti-mould agent, used in shipping furniture from Asia to Europe.
Hundreds of consumers are represented in a class-action law suit in London, but the BBC has reported that any compensation arising from the hearing is unlikely to include Land of Leather customers.
Land of Leather went into administration in January and is being represented in court by an insurance firm. According to the BBC, the insurers have said they are unlikely offer any compensation.
The founders of Land of Leather announced recently that they are to launch a new furniture chain called World of Sofas.
Consumers across the European Union have complained of suffering allergic reactions after coming into contact with the anti-mould agent, dimethylfumarate (DMF). The substance is banned for use in goods that are made in the EU, and now th European Commission has moved to ban goods treated with DMF from being imported into the EU.
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