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Older Worried Woman
Employment

We need to talk about the menopause

Jasmine Patel discusses the need for employers to factor the menopause into their health and safety agenda.

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Supreme Court
Employment

The new rock-and-a-hard-place: would fair pay for care workers bankrupt the care sector?

Ryan Bradshaw and Paige Jones, from the employment team, discuss the case currently before the Supreme Court in relation to the correct rate of pay for care workers on ‘sleep-in’ shifts and the impact it could have.

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Businessman On Escooter
Personal injury

Get with the eTimes – eScooters

Personal injury solicitor and cyclist Rory McCarron, who specialises in representing vulnerable road users, discusses the use of eScooters in London

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Anonymous Teen Depressed Abuse
Abuse claims

Restraints and other restrictive interventions of children in schools are abusive and must stop

Head of Leigh Day’s abuse team, Alison Millar, discusses the publication of an updated report into the use of restraint and seclusion in schools on children and young people.

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GP Taking Blood Pressure Reading
Abuse claims

​The sentencing of GP Manish Shah

Head of the abuse team Alison Millar, who represents one of the victims of Manish Shah, discusses his recent sentencing hearing and the need to ensure robust and effective monitoring of healthcare professionals when concerns are raised.

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Unlocking Cell Door
Prisoner rights Human rights

The continuing decline of healthcare in prisons

Benjamin Burrows and Maya Grantham discuss the state of healthcare in prisons in light of two recent national reports.

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Smart Motorway
Personal injury

Smart Motorways – Do they make motorways safer?

David Preston, solicitor in the personal injury team, discusses smart motorways and whether they make motorways a safer place for drivers.

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Disabled Man In Office
Discrimination Equal pay Employment

Disability in the workplace: mind the (pay) gap?

Claire Powell and Ryan Bradshaw, who specialise in employment law, assess current pay challenges faced by disabled workers.

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Pills And Tape Measure
Product safety consumer law

Dieters beware! The role of appropriate drug regulation

Gene Matthews and Charlotte Evans, from the product safety and consumer law team, discuss the need for tight regulation of so-called diet pills in light of a recent legal case in France and the rise of social media influencers.

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Departure Lounge
Human rights Abuse claims

Growing problem of Brits abusing children overseas

Solicitor Rebekah Read, who specialises in representing international survivors of abuse, discusses the latest report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse relating to abuse committed by UK nationals overseas.