▁without ▁a ▁valid ▁lic ence . ▁Le igh ▁Day ▁was ▁also ▁accused ▁of ▁failing ▁to ▁dist ribute ▁compens ation ▁in ▁full ▁and ▁fabric ating ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁names ▁on ▁the ▁list ▁of ▁vict ims . ▁ ▁Colomb ian ▁Farm ers ▁V . ▁B P ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁Colomb ian ▁far mers ▁won ▁a ▁mult im ill ion - p ound ▁settlement ▁from ▁B P ▁after ▁the ▁British ▁oil ▁and ▁gas ▁company ▁was ▁accused ▁of ▁benef iting ▁from ▁a ▁regime ▁of ▁terror ▁carried ▁out ▁by ▁Colomb ian ▁government ▁par amil itar ies ▁to ▁protect ▁a ▁ ▁pipeline . ▁ ▁B P ▁denied ▁that ▁it ▁“ owed ▁any ▁relevant ▁duty ▁of ▁care ” ▁to ▁the ▁claim ants , ▁stating ▁that ▁it ▁“ did ▁not ▁design , ▁construct ▁or ▁operate ▁the ▁pipeline ” ▁and ▁was ▁“ at ▁no ▁stage ▁responsible ▁for ▁its ▁maintenance ." ▁The ▁company ▁ref utes ▁li ability ▁for ▁long - term ▁environmental ▁damage , ▁bl aming ▁def or est ation ▁and ▁cattle ▁gra zing ▁for ▁soil ▁er os ion ▁and ▁dismiss ing ▁claims ▁of ▁w ides p read ▁environmental ▁damage ▁as ▁“ sign ific antly ▁infl ated ." ▁ ▁Mart a ▁Hin estro za , ▁a ▁local ▁lawyer ▁who ▁was ▁granted ▁political ▁as yl um ▁in ▁the ▁UK ▁after ▁being ▁told ▁that ▁her ▁name ▁had ▁appeared ▁on ▁a ▁par amil it ary ▁hit list , ▁first ▁brought ▁the ▁case ▁to ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁Le igh ▁Day , ▁who ▁negoti ated ▁an ▁out - of -