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Welcome to Leigh Day's latest news section where you can find our latest press releases, blogs and podcasts, as well as information about our events.

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Latest News

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River Wye
River Wye

Wye pollution legal claim filed at High Court

A legal claim which almost 4,000 people have joined, challenging river pollution in the Wye and Usk catchment areas, has been filed at the High Court.

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Maternity Inquests

Missed opportunities to change the course of events before death of young Black mother, inquest concludes

An inquest into the death of a 35-year-old Black mother concluded that there were tangible missed opportunities to change the course of events before her death.

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Abuse Abuse in sport Human rights

Sports England launches investigation into sexual abuse in boxing

Abuse claims specialist Dino Nocivelli has spoken out following the announcement that the government body for sport funding in the UK has launched a probe, after reports of prolific abuse in boxing.

Latest Blogs

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Human rights Abuse

How abuse redress schemes can empower survivors

Andrew Lord, partner at Leigh Day who represents survivors of abuse, explores how redress schemes can be an effective, efficient and empowering way to compensate survivors, provided implementation is thoroughly considered and they are adequately resourced.

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Sepsis

Sepsis Guidelines and Medical Negligence: Why are there still so many claims?

During Sepsis Awareness Month, Zoe Donohue, Associate Solicitor in our Manchester medical negligence team, considers the effectiveness of sepsis guidelines, six years after reforms were rolled out.

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Corporate responsibility

UN working group addresses risks from multinationals using military and security to protect their operations to extract natural resources

Alex Wessely from Leigh Day’s international team attended an event in Geneva which examined the risks multinational companies are exposed to if human rights abuses are committed in connection with protecting their operations, especially at large scale mining sites.

Meet the press office team

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Caroline Ivison

Caroline works with all departments in the firm to provide media relations and internal communications support.

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Maxine Wolstenholme

Maxine works across all Leigh Day departments as a senior media relations manager

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Mike O'Connor

Mike O'Connor

Mike works across all Leigh Day departments as a senior media relations manager