Kane Jackson
Associate Solicitor
Kane is an Associate Solicitor in the International and Group Litigation department, specialising in litigation and disputes arising from human rights complaints, environmental damage and the conduct of multinational corporations.
Legal Experience & Expertise
International Litigation
Kane has worked in the International Litigation Department at Leigh Day since 2023. He is assisting Richard Meeran and Jonny Buckley. Example cases include:
- Kabwe, Zambia Lead Poisoning Challenge: Assisting Richard Meeran and South African attorney Zanele Mbuyisa on a class action against Anglo American South Africa Ltd in the Johannesburg High Court on behalf of Zambian communities living in the vicinity of the Kabwe lead mine who are suffering from lead poisoning.
- Catarina Oliveira da Silva & Ors v Brazil Iron: Assisting Jonny Buckley on claims on behalf of 100+ residents from two indigenous quilombola communities who allege that mining operations of have caused them to suffer damage to livelihood, dust pollution, and damage to health.
Personal Injury
Kane spent one year working in the Personal Injury Department where he focused on industrial disease claims. He helped obtain compensation for claimants who were exposed to asbestos and developed asbestos-related injuries, such as mesothelioma, asbestosis and pleural thickening.
Human Rights
Kane spent two years working in the human rights department where he gained experience migrants’ rights and assisting in a wide range of judicial review challenges and civil litigation compensation claims. This included claims relating to unlawful detention, asylum support, trafficking related issues, a variety of other cases for breaches of the Human Rights Act 1998, and wider public law challenges.
Secured substantial compensation for applicants to the Windrush Compensation Scheme in complex, high value cases, and assisted in judicial review challenges to decisions under the scheme.
In R (HA and others) v SSHD [2023], helped secure declarations that the Home Secretary's asylum support systems under sections 95 and 98 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 were unlawful - a significant win expected to benefit thousands of destitute asylum seekers.
Assisted at the Court of Appeal stage of a challenge to the grant of planning permission on land held under statutory trust, which ultimately succeeded in the Supreme Court.
Education and Qualifications
Admitted as an Attorney at Law in 2022 and is licensed to practice in the State of New York. Completed a training contract at Leigh Day where he qualified as a Solicitor of England & Wales in September 2024.
Awarded a full scholarship to study an LLM in Human Rights, Conflict and Justice at SOAS, graduating December 2020 with Distinction - winning the prize for best overall course performance.
Overall, Kane is passionate about tackling systemic issues and helping clients to overcome institutional barriers to justice. Within the firm he is an active member of our LGBTQ+ and Social Mobility Committees.
Read Kane's Blogs
Trafigura Verdict from the African Court on Human and People’s Rights
Kane Jackson
Kane is an Associate Solicitor in the International and Group Litigation department, specialising in litigation and disputes arising from human rights complaints, environmental damage and the conduct of multinational corporations.