2024 blogs
Leigh Day blogs 2024
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Brain injury: a life rewritten
Handle It Right Part 2: Evidence for a cycling claim
A cycling accident can be confusing and traumatic; these feelings can continue in the weeks and months afterwards. This blog explains how to gather evidence to assist in a successful compensation claim.
The Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme is outdated and urgently needs reform
Sarah Moore highlights the need for a review of the Vaccine Damages Payment Scheme (VDPS) following news that the AstraZeneca vaccine can cause rare blood clotting syndrome.
KLM Judgment: The intensifying scrutiny of corporate greenwashing across Europe
Anthony Hayward, Joe Snape and Tom Short discuss the KLM (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij) judgment and the impact on other corporations greenwashing across Europe
Nail technicians given competition law warning as they navigate routes to fair pay
Niamh Kelly and Rosio Cafarelli discuss what small business owners and consumers can learn from National Nail Price Increase Day.
International Workers’ Memorial Day
Met Police collision investigation: the cornerstone for justice on our roads
Handle It Right Part 1: what to do after a cycling accident
A cycling accident can cause shock and trauma, and you might not know what to do next. This blog details what to do immediately after an accident.
Josephine and Amy explain value of personal injury trusts for abuse survivors
Survivors of abuse may find themselves in receipt of money following a successful civil compensation claim or application to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA). Setting up a personal injury trust to hold the funds can be a helpful way to manage the money.
Supermarket sustainability agreements –NGOs are reassured the risks to consumers are low
Niamh Kelly discusses recent guidance issued by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on ‘sustainability agreements’, which must generate green benefits without hurting consumers.
‘Failure to remove’ claims and Article 3: SZR v Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council [2024] EWHC 598 (QB)
Anna Moore and Sam Jacobs of Doughty Street Chambers consider ‘failure to remove’ claims in light of a recent ruling about the application of Article 3, which prohibits inhumane and degrading treatment.
Earl Spencer speaks out about devastating abuse that he and classmates experienced at boarding school
Head of Leigh Day’s abuse team, Alison Millar discusses Earl Spencer’s disclosure of abuse at boarding school in light of her legal work and repeats her call for new laws to make it a criminal offence for those involved in regulated activities to fail to report any reasonable suspicion that a child is being abused