Leigh Day Blogs
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.
Latest blog posts
Give to Gain. Give Equal Pay
Elizabeth George, partner in Leigh Day’s employment team and the lawyer leading the equal pay litigation against retailer Next, gives her thoughts on this year’s International Women's Day.
Evans v Barclays Bank & Others: understanding the impact on group legal claims
International partner Oliver Holland and associate solicitor Rosio Cafarelli consider the implications of a recent UK Supreme Court decision on opt-out collective actions.
Water pollution litigation after Manchester Ship Canal ruling
The historic Manchester Ship UKSC decision on 2 July 2024 (The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilities Water Ltd [2024] UKSC 22) held that water companies in England and Wales could be held liable for infringing private rights via sewage pollution.