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A former apprentice and mechanical fitter at Uskmouth Power Station has secured a five figure settlement following his diagnosis with asbestosis, a lung disease due to asbestos exposure which causes long-term inflammation and scarring of the lungs.

Leigh Day partners comment on reports that UEFA has reached a settlement with Liverpool FC fans affected by events at the Champions League Final in 2022.

A Veezu driver, who we have called Martin, describes his experience as an independent contractor for the taxi company, saying that Veezu works its drivers “like dogs” and how having workers’ rights would change things for the better.

A woman has received £80,000 compensation in a legal claim against her GP after a benign ovarian cyst was not followed up and then developed into a malignant 30cm tumour.

Canary Wharf specialist design business owner Tony Dulwich won a High Court judgment against his former employers for compensation for asbestos exposure during the 1970s and 80s after he was later diagnosed with an asbestos cancer called mesothelioma.

Biofuelwatch UK has issued a High Court legal challenge to the decision to grant Drax Power Limited consent to install carbon capture technology at the Yorkshire biomass power plant.

A date has been set for the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) to consider claims being brought on behalf of millions of overcharged household water customers against Severn Trent Water, United Utilities Water, Yorkshire Water, Northumbrian Water and Anglian Water.

A journalist and former activist in the Tunisian revolution of 2011 has been granted permission to serve her legal claim against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for its alleged use of Pegasus spyware to infiltrate her mobile phone.

Four people living near the River Wye share their stories about the degradation of their beloved river and how their lifestyles and businesses have been impacted by the pollution allegedly caused by chicken producers.

A legal claim potentially worth hundreds of millions of pounds has been launched by law firm Leigh Day in a bid to compensate thousands of people living in the Wye catchment likely to have been affected by a major degradation of the River Wye and its tributaries in recent years. 

The mother of a child with cerebral palsy has documented her family’s experience coping with the condition, including a legal battle for compensation, in a memoir launched this month.

Law firm Leigh Day is increasing the capacity of its asbestos and industrial disease team in the South West of England by welcoming industrial disease legal expert Andrew Stinchcombe as a new partner.