2024 blogs
Leigh Day blogs 2024
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Exploring abuse in Dallas Cowboys Cheerleading and Ballet Schools
Astrid Parrett and Dino Nocivelli consider the body shaming issues raised by the Netflix America’s Sweethearts documentary.
INQUEST No More Deaths campaign
Leanne Devine and Ellie Riley explain why Leigh Day inquest lawyers support INQUEST’S No More Deaths campaign.
The Ticketmaster Scandal: Definitely/Maybe a Breach of Competition Law?
Maks Hara and Kah Ho Teh of Leigh Day competition team discuss the dynamic pricing system which led to an outcry about high ticket costs for the Oasis concerts next year.
Holding polluters to account: from big farmer to big pharma
Sarah Moore and Harry Wilkinson discuss the impact of pharmaceutical contamination on waterways.
Why the cosmetic procedure industry needs urgent regulation
Tina Patel urges the new Government to regulate the cosmetic procedure industry.
Church of England redress scheme – will it actually bring justice and closure?
Leigh Day abuse claims partner Dino Nocivelli considers whether the redress scheme put forward by the Church of England will adequately provide justice and closure for people who have suffered from Church-related abuse.
Calocane and Saadallah cases expose vulnerability in NHS mental health services
The Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, has commented that the deaths of Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber, and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, who were murdered by Valdo Calocane on 13 June 2023, could have been prevented with better mental health care, saying “Nottingham attack victims may still be alive if the NHS had been there when it should have been”.
Water polluters in Yorkshire: the spillages costing people their health and leisure
Sarah Moore and Katie Bohl discuss water pollution in Yorkshire rivers
West Midlands sodium cyanide toxic chemical spillage
The recent toxic chemical spillage of sodium cyanide contaminating a 12-mile stretch of canals in the West Midlands highlights the growing environmental crisis of water pollution in the UK.
UK companies risk prosecution after National Crime Agency’s failure to investigate cotton imports from the Uyghur region is ruled unlawful
UK companies who may be profiting from forced labour in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China (XUAR) risk being prosecuted following a landmark Court of Appeal judgement which found the failure of the National Crime Agency (NCA) to investigate the importation of cotton produced there was unlawful.
Engineered stone and the rise of silicosis diagnoses
Ewan Tant, Partner, and Andrew Cooper, Senior Associate, explain what silicosis is and the dangers posed by engineered stone.
