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Leigh Day is a law firm practically unique in giving legal advice solely to individuals. The firm’s experience includes fighting for human rights in this country and overseas, claims for compensation for illness and injury as well as employment rights for individuals who may have been discriminated against or not paid what they earned.

Within these teams are experts on a wide range of specific issues and whilst our news section can keep you up to date with our cases and our comments on the news, this blog is intended for longer posts, written by our experts, so that they can give their views on current topics, or those issues which they are dealing with for clients. We hope you find them interesting and that if you do you’ll share them on social media or simply with those you feel may be affected by the issues raised.

Betrayal of the 'Windrush generation'
April 20^th · 4:22 PM
Human rights lawyer Jamie Beagent says the Home Office could face a number of legal challenges
Talcum powder: a hidden source of asbestos exposure
April 20^th · 2:43 PM
Asbestos lawyer Catriona Ratcliffe discusses a recent US case against Johnson & Johnson concerning asbestos contaminated talcum powder
International human rights lawyer Melanie Jacques looks at the implications of the decision of Leggatt J in Alseran and Ors v MoD on the future conduct of British military operations abroad
April 19^th · 5:22 PM
British armed forces were ruled to have breached Geneva Conventions in Iraq in a December 2017 judgment

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Betrayal of the 'Windrush generation'

Talcum powder: a hidden source of asbestos exposure

International human rights lawyer Melanie Jacques looks at the implications of the decision of Leggatt J in Alseran and Ors v MoD on the future conduct of British military operations abroad