Public authority challenges
We have represented many organisations and individuals challenging the behaviour of public authorities.
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Leigh Day instructed by local library users trying to stop library closures
Leigh Day has been instructed by a group trying to prevent the closure of public libraries
Local campaigners are contemplating legal action to save libraries
Leigh Day instructed to challenge by-election result for Leominster Town Council
Leigh Day lawyers prevent closure of respite home
Partner Richard Stein in the human rights department at law firm Leigh Day & Co, have been advising Rebecca Fudge in her challenge against the proposal to set up an Independent Sector Treatment Centre (ISTC) in north Bristol.
Leigh Day's Jamie Beagent has successfully challenged the detention of two unaccompanied children seeking asylum who were detained by the Home Office in an adult detention facility.
A Bristol family have successfully challenged their local education authority over omissions in their daughters ‘Statement of Special Educational Needs’. The family were represented by solicitor Frances Swaine in the Human Rights department at Leigh Day & Co.