2020 Blogs
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Child Accident Prevention Trust Button Battery Treasure Hunt to cut risk of catastrophic incidents
Jill Paterson and Philippa Wheeler highlight the dangers associated with button batteries as part of the Office for Product Safety and Standard’s #nilbymouth campaign
ECOWAS Court finds Togo violated Freedom of Expression during 2017 protests
Liberty Bridge and Maya Ogundipe from the international department discuss the ECOWAS Court's judgment which found Togo violated Freedom of Expression by 'shutting down' the internet during 2017 protests.
A guide to travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
Clare Campbell and Alice Forster offer their Top 10 Tips to help you stay safe while travelling abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Did someone call for more Cycle Paths?
Robin Selley from our cycling team laments the once great cycling infrastructure of Stevenage. How this was borne from post-war optimism but withered through complacency by modern-day town planners. Robin argues how we'd all be better off if we remembered how cycling infrastructure was once the future in our towns and cities.
Families need answers into baby deaths and substandard care in UK maternity units
Leigh Day Clinical Negligence Partner Suzanne White explains why the calls for a public inquiry into poor maternity care are justified and why she agrees that one is needed.
Forced labour in Malaysian factories producing medical gloves for the UK
International solicitor, Rebekah Read, discusses forced labour in Malaysian factories manufacturing PPE gloves and why the UK should follow the US in placing a detention order on imports on subsidiaries of Top Glove to protect the NHS supply chain.
NHS calls to prioritise BAME pregnant women's care as research shows heightened COVID-19 risks
Healthcare solicitor Firdous Ibrahim discusses why BAME pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 and what measures should be put in place to protect them
The Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse Truth Project into abuse in sport
Catriona Rubens discusses how The Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse has missed the opportunity to investigate child sexual abuse in sport.
COVID-19 – safe return to work and protection against discrimination
Ryan Bradshaw and Claire Powell discuss returning to work and the health and safety obligations of employers in the second of their three-part series on COVID-19 and employment rights.
Stopping Bolsonaro's campaign of environmental destruction
Solicitor in the international department, Richard Thimbleby, discusses President Bolsonaro of Brazil and what hopes there are of stopping his environmental destruction.
Racism and the Lambeth Redress Scheme; what will we learn from IICSA
Alison Millar, head of the abuse team at Leigh Day, discusses the role racial injustice and institutional racism may have played in the incidence of abuse amongst black children in Lambeth Council children's homes.
Action Mesothelioma Day 2020
On Action Mesothelioma Day 2020, asbestos lawyer Claire Spearpoint discusses how this year Coronavirus will take such a toll on those with the disease and how organisations are facing up to this challenge.