2025 Blogs
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Listeria outbreak linked to NHS desserts: what victims of foodborne illness should know
Michelle Victor and Angela Bruno of Leigh Day’s food safety team explain the risks associated with listeria and the critical role food safety laws play in protecting public health and ensuring accountability.
Pregnancy Test: Is your employer positive or negative?
Senior associate solicitor Mandy Bhattal considers how pregnant women may be experiencing maternity discrimination in the workplace.
Comprehensive Relationship Sex Education programme needed to tackle sexual violence in schools
Andrew Lord and Anna Vause of Leigh Day discuss their support for calls that more be done to tackle the issue of the number of children subjected to sexual violence by their school peers and consider the need for a comprehensive programme of Relationship Sex Education.
It is time the law changed to prevent forced labour in UK supply chains
Oliver Holland tells the Joint Committee on Human Rights that the law needs to change to stop exploitative practices occurring in UK supply chains.
Leeds maternity concerns: Bereaved families and lawyers offer support as many more cases come to light
Trainee solicitor Emma Thomson and senior associate solicitor Matthew Westlake consider the impact of ongoing maternity concerns in Leeds on families affected.
Suspending enforcement of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: A backwards step in the fight against international corruption
The recent Executive Order by the Trump administration, which suspends investigatory and enforcement action under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, has potentially significant implications for international anti-corruption efforts, and is likely to act as further deterrent to would-be whistleblowers who wish to expose wrongdoing. Lawyers Paul Dowling and Frances Clark explain.
Oxford maternity failings: impacted families call for an independent review
Medical negligence lawyers Ceilidh Robertson and Lucy MacBrayne consider families’ call for an independent review of maternity care in Oxford.
Top tips on renting a city bike
Renting a city bike has become London’s popular and trending method of transportation. Combining exercise with sight-seeing, it has never been easier to explore what London has to offer from the comfort of your bike saddle.
Placing art and profit above abuse victims: the lack of action by Netflix in addressing allegations against Neil Gaiman
In a culture that idolises fame, Astrid Parrett and Dino Nocivelli consider how celebrities can routinely get away with saying or doing the wrong thing and this perceived immunity can often extend to serious criminal behaviour.
Accident Recovery: Leigh Day Cycling Rehabilitation Series
Following a cycling accident, getting back on the bike can be a daunting prospect. Rehabilitation is a crucial process to help the individual recover both physically and psychologically.
Action IICSA recommendations, it’s not the time for another national abuse inquiry
Abuse claims lawyers, Alison Millar, Andrew Lord, and Dino Nocivelli, respond to the latest calls for an inquiry into grooming gangs and pledge their support to the calls for the recommendations of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse to finally be implemented.