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Latest News
Advertising regulator backs Chris Packham in ruling that meat and dairy ads misled on climate claims
Environmental campaigner and broadcaster Chris Packham has succeeded in a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over a major advertising campaign promoting British meat and dairy, with the regulator ruling that environmental claims were misleading.
Lawyers of data breach victims welcome almost £1 million fine for South Staffs Water over cyber attack affecting more than 600,000 people
Data breach lawyers at Leigh Day have welcomed a £963,900 fine imposed by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) on South Staffordshire Plc and South Staffordshire Water Plc (together South Staffordshire) following a serious cyber-attack which resulted in the personal information of 633,887 customers and employees being published on the dark web.
Latest Blogs
International Workers' Memorial Day: reflecting on the tactics of the asbestos industry
For International Workers’ Memorial Day 28 April 2026, Partner Joanne Candlish reflects on more than 30 years of bringing successful legal claims against industrial titans whose workers suffered lethal asbestos exposure.
Unfair dismissal – 547 reasons for new starters to (eventually) celebrate
As announced yesterday (4 December 2025), one of the Labour government’s manifesto pledges to reduce the qualifying period for employees to bring unfair dismissal claims will be (as of the time of this blog) coming into force in January 2027. This will have far and wide-reaching changes to the employment sector in the UK.