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Recent news

• Hundreds of teachers issuing legal claims challenging government pension scheme

  16 January 2020

  Over 300 teachers are issuing legal claims to the Employment Tribunal in a group claim brought on their behalf by law firm Leigh Day relating to discriminatory changes made to their pensions.

• Inquest returns conclusion identifying a catalogue of failures leading to the death of Shante Turay-Thomas

  13 January 2020

  The coroner has returned a narrative conclusion in the inquest into the death of 18-year-old Shante Turay-Thomas

• Government to defend discriminatory rental scheme in constitutionally important Court of Appeal case

  13 January 2020

  Leigh Day is representing the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants in an important challenge to the Home Office

• Research suggests less than half of law firms have insurance cover for regulatory defence costs

  13 January 2020

  Research commissioned by Leigh Day’s Regulatory & Disciplinary team has found that less than 50% of participating law firms have insurance cover to give them the potential for financial equality of arms with their regulator if faced with an investigation or disciplinary proceedings.

• Information lawyer welcomes Dixons Carphone £500,000 fine following massive data breach

  10 January 2020

  Privacy breach lawyers say Dixons Carphone hack could lead to large number of claims

• ​Colombian farmers secure freezing injunction against oil giant Amerisur

  10 January 2020

  A group of Colombian campesinos (small scale farmers) have secured an urgent interim freezing injunction, granted by the High Court today, against oil company Amerisur Resources Plc.