2025 News

TransLucent, a trans led advocacy organisation, described by the Equality and Human Rights Commission as a key stakeholder in discussions on transgender rights, has been given permission to intervene in the employment tribunal case between nurse Sandie Peggie and Fife Health Board and Dr Beth Upton.

Leigh Day has expanded its Cardiff office with the appointment of two clinical negligence lawyers, Wallis Crockford and Amy Downey, who bring significant experience to the firm as it continues to grow its presence in Wales.

A coroner has raised serious concerns about Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s failure to provide mental health risk assessment training for staff and its lack of engagement with the families of those in its care. 

Leading data breach and abuse lawyers at Leigh Day have expressed their concern after personal details of almost 200 survivors of church abuse were leaked in a serious data breach.

The family of a former electrician who died from mesothelioma have received a near quarter of a million-pound settlement after his former employer admitted exposing him to asbestos.

Drivers working for eCourier have launched a group legal claim arguing that they have been unlawfully denied workers’ rights by being misclassified as self-employed independent contractors.

After former Nine O’Clock Service (NOS) priest Christopher Brain was found guilty of sexual offences against nine women, abuse claims lawyer Dino Nocivelli said he hoped survivors of Brain’s abuse can now feel a sense of justice.

Northern Trains has committed to making accessibility improvements at six railway stations in response to issues raised in a legal challenge over the lack of step-free access for wheelchair users.

Tech justice non-profit Foxglove and environmental charity Global Action Plan have launched a legal challenge against the government’s decision to force through construction of a huge hyperscale data centre in the Buckinghamshire Green Belt.

Campaign group HyNot has filed a legal claim challenging the development of the HyNet carbon capture and storage facility in the North West of England.

Midwife Fatimah Mohamied is bringing a claim in the Employment Tribunal against Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (CWHT) after her former employers referred her to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and lodged a Prevent referral with the Metropolitan Police a year after she had resigned her post.

A woman who was victim of a serious sexual assault on a flight to London is challenging government rules that disqualify her from compensation for the criminal injury she suffered from an attacker who was later jailed for six and a half years.