News and events

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Recent news

• Deaths of five people linked to Beko gas cookers

  23 November 2020

  A coroner has concluded that the deaths of five people in two separate incidents involving Beko gas cookers were accidental with a finding of fact that the deaths had been caused by an inherent defect with the cookers.

• Leigh Day begins accepting clients for a group claim against Link

  19 November 2020

  New clients can now join the claim against Link

• Woman settles fourth degree tear claim for more than £600,000

  19 November 2020

  A woman who was left with a fourth degree perineal tear following childbirth has settled her medical negligence case for more than £600,000.

• International team head explains what works in field of corporate accountability

  19 November 2020

  Leigh Day partner Richard Meeran shared his expertise as a pioneering multinational human rights abuse lawyer at the 2020 key UN forum on the issue this week.

• ​Disabled student wins right to be considered for universal credit

  18 November 2020

  A disabled woman has won her legal claim for the right to be considered for universal credit while she is studying at university.

• Sleeping pill warning to pregnant women

  17 November 2020

  Women are being warned of the dangers of taking sleeping pill Modafinil (Provigil) during pregnancy.