2019 Blogs

This month is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and clinical negligence solicitor Frankie Rhodes and trainee solicitor Maya Grantham discuss the need for greater awareness to ensure the disease is detected early.

World Water Day 2019 is an important reminder that billions of people around the world are still living without safe water

Medical negligence solicitor Lauren Tully considers injuries to the perineum during birth

Medical negligence lawyer Claire White and paralegal Celia Hewitt discuss the issues faced by those with mobility impairments when they go on holiday

Clinical negligence solicitor Charlotte Cooper welcomes the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme's recent report on emergency spinal conditions

International Women's Day is a critical time to raise awareness of the plight of women environmental and human rights defenders around the world. Leigh Day partner Shubhaa Srinivasan and Susi Bascon, Director of Peace Brigades International, highlight the incredible story of Valentina Rosendo Cantu, a human rights defender in Mexico. 

Melanie Jacques reflects on a recent seminar on international human rights and humanitarian law

Paralegal Dan Webster in the human rights department, discusses a new campaign by INQUEST

Catriona Rubens welcomes the Government's announcement that it has abolished the 'same roof rule'

Nearly everyone uses headphones or earphones but what do we know about the long-term effects and should we all be doing more to protect our hearing?

Jonny Buckley discusses the recent mining dam collapses in Brazil and the lessons that must be learnt by the mining industry

Martyn Allen, Technical Director for leading safety charity, Electrical Safety First, discusses the key developments to the product safety landscape.