Leigh Day Blog

Alison Millar, head of the abuse team at Leigh Day, discusses the role racial injustice and institutional racism may have played in the incidence of abuse amongst black children in Lambeth Council children's homes as the IICSA hears evidence of past abuse in care, where black children made up a disproportionate percentage.

On Action Mesothelioma Day 2020, asbestos lawyer Claire Spearpoint discusses how this year the current pandemic will not only change the way people will come together to remember those affected, but also how Coronavirus takes such a toll on those with the disease and how organisations are facing up to this challenge.

Maria Panteli considers what might lie ahead for parents of fetal valproate syndrome children as the Cumberlege Review is due to publish its long awaited report next week.