February 2020

• We need to talk about the menopause
  Jasmine Patel discusses the need for employers to factor the menopause into their health and safety agenda 26 February 2020
• 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 21 February 2020
• 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 21 February 2020
• 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. 11 February 2020
• ​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. 8 February 2020
• 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 7 February 2020