2021 Blogs

In Black History Month, Lydia O’Connor-Butler discusses the race pay gap and the changes needed to make reporting compulsory.

Following World Mental Health Day, marked by the World Health Organisation on every 10 October, Malik Gray and Rachel Bonner discuss the need for more recognition and awareness of the mental health ramifications of child labour in supply chains.

Earlier today employment partner Emma Satyamurti was a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour discussing the importance of pay and benefits in achieving equality. Here, she looks at the role Leigh Day’s Equal Pay Now campaign is playing in addressing the balance.

In the month of the United Nations International Day of the Girl Child, Claire Powell looks at the prospects for women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s return to power.

A week on from International Day of the Girl Child Liberty Bridge and Sami Freeze from the international department look to how lack of access to sanitary products is affecting access to education for girls around the globe

Amazon proudly calls the drivers distributing their parcels ‘delivery heroes’, but is the trillion-dollar company treating them accordingly? Here, Bill Lightfoot*, explains what its really like to deliver for Amazon.

For Black History Month, trainee solicitor Walker Syachalinga discusses the history of the Tonga - an indigenous tribe in Zambia - to highlight the racism suffered by indigenous communities during large dam projects and call for a rights-based approach to such projects. 

Lauren Chaplin from the international team discuss the landmark judgment of the French Supreme Court against French multinational Lafarge SA following claims brought by former employees of the company’s Syrian subsidiary.

Emma Walker discusses the challenges of online comparisons and reviews for law firms and their staff

Meriel Hodgson-Teall, Monika Kaczmarska and Charlotte Shippey consider moves by the Competition and Markets Authority to halt the practice of ‘greenwashing’.

A harrowing report published by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman reveals major failings in the care and treatment of pregnant women in prison, following the death of a baby born at HMP Bronzefield in 2019. In this blog post, Maya Grantham and Ellie Sutherland consider the failings highlighted by this tragic case and whether it is safe to hold pregnant women in prison.

Travel law specialists Clare Campbell and Caitlin Dunn discuss flight accidents and the legal rights and protections afforded to airplane travellers