2023 Blogs

Leigh Day international partners Oliver Holland, Martyn Day and Carol Day pay tribute to John Vidal, environmental journalist who has died aged 74.

In their latest blog, Nina De Alaya Parker and Pia Mitchell say a ruling by the Montana court demonstrates the promise of a constitutional right to a healthy environment in seeking alternative pathways to climate justice.

Ratings at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have decreased from good to inadequate. To ensure rapid improvements are made, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has imposed urgent conditions. In this blog, Solicitor Matthew Westlake and Paralegal Emma Thomson give an overview of what the CQC found.

This blog explores the challenges and risks that the crypto mining industry continues to pose to the environment and surrounding local communities after the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation came into force in June 2023.

Benjamin Croft and Hannah Donnelly, from the international and group litigation department, discuss the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act and what it could mean for air pollution standards in the UK. They are part of the teams representing over 245,000 diesel vehicle owners in their emissions claims against motor manufacturers.

Clinical negligence partner Maria Panteli and associate solicitor Charlotte Stawiska discuss the potential impact proposals could have on Claimants’ access to justice.

In his latest blog, abuse claims solicitor Andrew Lord discusses the Church of England’s proposed redress scheme for compensating survivors of abuse within the church and considers some of their recent decisions regarding safeguarding.

On 23rd August, marking the UN International Day of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, Fran Swaine considers uprisings by enslaved Africans in the Caribbean, their spirit of resistance, some consequences of abolition and the imperative for reparations by former enslaver nations

Trainee solicitor Walker Syachalinga argues that the British government has a responsibility to pardon those involved in an uprising 200 years ago on a British-owned plantation on which enslaved Africans were forced to work.

Stephen Jones and Meghana Hegdekar from Leigh Day’s Manchester clinical negligence team, discuss the recent review of spinal surgery patients at Salford Royal Hospital and the work of surgeon John Bradley Williamson. Stephen is representing a number of patients treated by the surgeon.

Medical negligence solicitor Julie Struthers discusses recent CQC reports that detail issues in care provided at Manchester maternity services.

Abuse claims specialist Dino Nocivelli discusses the recent sentencing of Paul Dodd for sexual abuse committed while teaching at Whitgift School. Dino explains why he believes that Dodd’s suspended sentence was unduly lenient.