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Recent news

• TAN granted permission for judicial review of RIS2 decision

  4 August 2020

  Transport Action Network (TAN) has been granted permission for judicial review of the Transport Secretary Grant Shapps’ decision to go ahead with the £27 billion roads programme (Roads Investment Strategy 2 or RIS2).

• Fire dog Watson sponsored by law firm Leigh Day

  3 August 2020

  One of London Fire Brigade’s four-legged detectives with a nose for sniffing out the cause of fires is being sponsored by a law firm which specialises in claims for household appliance blazes.

• Case for HS2 should be revisited despite disappointing court ruling, says Chris Packham

  31 July 2020

  Environmental campaigner Chris Packham CBE says the case for HS2 should be revisited despite today’s disappointing Court of Appeal ruling.

• ​Former football coach admits further counts of sexual abuse

  31 July 2020

  A former football coach who is already serving a 30-year prison sentence for child abuse has admitted the sexual abuse of two more complainants, one of whom is represented by Leigh Day lawyers.

• Judgment confirms government's commitment to review LASPO is not enforceable

  31 July 2020

  ​A judgment given by the High Court today found that the Lord Chancellor was under no legal obligation to carry out a review of the impact of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 reforms despite the clear commitments given by the government to do so.

• £600,000 settlement for man following poor medical advice which led to extensive hip surgery

  30 July 2020

  A man has settled his medical negligence claim for more than double the hospital’s original offer.