A high court judge ruled this week that compensation claims by customers of Land of Leather, who claimed they had experienced burns and rashes as a result of buying sofas from the firm, will not receive any payouts.

Customers believe that the sofas purchased from Land of Leather, who are no longer trading as a company, were ‘toxic’ and caused serious injuries to anyone who sat on them. Personal injury claims were made by some 300 customers of Land of Leather, however a high court judge ruled in favour of the former sofa giant.

The sofas in question were manufactured in China and they were also sold by Argos and Walmsley Furnishing. According to reports from the Guardian, over 4,000 people have experienced injury from using them. The problems with the sofas came from a (more…)