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Diesel emissions claims Consumer law

Busting the myths on Leigh Day vehicle emissions claims

Bringing group actions on behalf of consumers is one of Leigh Day's key areas of specialty and we have been involved in some of the largest group actions ever brought in the UK.

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‘A Community in Crisis’ - Walleys Quarry, living next to a landfill

Associate solicitor Tina Patel and paralegal Jessica Harrison discuss Walleys Quarry, a landfill located in Jessica’s hometown of Newcastle-under-Lyme and the devastating impact living next to a landfill can have for residents.

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Back pain and spinal injuries -  the harm caused by incomplete assessments

Nandi Jordan, solicitor in our medical negligence team, discusses the need for thorough assessment for back pain and spinal injuries as part of our men’s health series for Movember.

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Forces of attraction: why the latest TikTok craze highlights the risks associated with toy magnets

Jill Paterson and Philippa Wheeler discuss the risks associated with swallowing magnets and why toys including small magnets can pose dangers to children and teenagers. 

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Trans Day of Remembrance 2021

“And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls: it tolls for thee.” Solicitor Alice Ramsay, from Leigh Day’s employment department, looks ahead to Trans Day of Remembrance and reflects on poet John Donne’s enduring message about the importance of our shared humanity. 

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7 things Addison Lee drivers should know about the workers’ rights claim

Find out why you should join the Addison Lee drivers' claim

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COP 26 puts motor industry’s impact in the spotlight

Lucy Martin and Caroline Morris discuss dieselgate in the context of COP26.

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Movember spotlight on healthcare challenges for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

In our Movember blogs series, Charlotte Norton discusses healthcare challenges for the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.

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Achieving regulatory fairness: a disproportionately slow process?

Gideon Habel urges the SRA to grapple with the issues that will lead to regulatory fairness

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Movember Men's health

Raising awareness of men’s health throughout Movember

Throughout November the clinical negligence team shine a light on men’s health matters in a series of blogs covering mental health, covid-19, spinal injuries, and men’s health in the much-neglected traveller community.

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“Forever chemicals” found in make-up

Tina Patel discusses recent reports exposing the use of controversial chemicals in cosmetics.

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The global right to return home safely from a day’s work

Poppy Barnett and Supriya Banerjee-Halliday, of the workplace injury team, consider what the latest World Health Organisation (WHO) and International Labour Organisation (ILO) report says about the risk of death and serious injury at work.