Sitemap

An overview of the available content on this site. Keep the pointer still over an item for a few seconds to get its description.

• Illness and injury
  • Asbestos and industrial disease
    • Asbestos claims and mesothelioma claims
      • Asbestos claims in Birmingham and the West Midlands
      • Asbestos claims in Liverpool Merseyside and the North-West
      • Asbestos claims in London and the South-East of England
      • Asbestos claims in Manchester
      • What is asbestos?
      • Asbestosis compensation claims
      • Pleural thickening compensation claims
      • What is mesothelioma?
      • What are the types of mesothelioma?
      • What are the symptoms of mesothelioma?
      • How is mesothelioma diagnosed
      • Treatments for mesothlioma
      • Lung cancer compensation claims
      • Benefits for asbestos related diseases
    • Asbestos client videos
    • Workplace cancer claims
    • Inquests and fatal accidents
    • Latex allergy claims
    • Occupational asthma claims
    • Overseas asbestos claimants
    • Asbestos FAQs
      • Benefits you can claim
      • Inquests following a death from industrial disease
    • Asbestos useful links
    • Asbestos educational grants
  • Brain and spinal
    • Head and brain injuries
      • Brain injury explained
      • Head and brain injury resources
        • Head and brain injury events
    • Birth injuries
    • Brain injuries
    • Neurology
    • Rehabilitation
    • Spinal injury
    • Useful links
  • Defective products and consumer law
    • Barbara's story
    • Clinical trials and compensation claims
    • Drug compensation claims
      • Baby feed claims
    • Expect it's safe
    • Faulty consumer products and consumer law claims
      • Carbon monoxide poisoning (CO) claims
      • Hair dye claims
      • Household appliance fire claims
        • Lithium battery fires
      • Injuries caused by cosmetic products
      • Volkswagen Claim
    • Medical devices
      • Metal-on-metal hip claims
      • Biomet metal on metal hip claims
      • Corin Cormet claims
      • Depuy Pinnacle Ultamet claims
      • Failed hip replacement compensation claims DePuy ASR
      • Finsbury claims
      • Zimmer Durom claims
      • Ankle replacement devices
      • Baby feed claims
      • Eyesight problems and loss of vision
      • Heart defibrillators and pacemakers
      • Surgical mesh and TVT claims
    • Defective Products Useful links
  • Clinical negligence
    • Medical negligence solicitors in Manchester and the North
    • Amputation because of medical negligence
    • Birth injury + pregnancy claims
      • Amniocentesis
      • Cerebral palsy
      • Failed sterilisation (wrongful birth)
      • Perineal tear injury claims
      • Pre-natal diagnosis
      • Stillbirth and neonatal deaths
    • Brain injury claims (neurology)
    • Cancer compensation claims
    • Cardiac and heart disease claims
    • Cauda equina syndrome claims
    • Claims against GPs
    • Childhood illness and injury claims
    • Eye and sight loss claims
    • Genetic illness claims
    • Infectious disease claims
    • Inquests following medical negligence
    • Orthopaedic claims relating to bones and joints
    • Psychiatry and psychology claims
    • Respiratory disease and illness claims
    • Spinal injuries
    • Surgery claims
    • Clinical negligence FAQs
      • Alternatives to a legal case
      • Am I too late to claim?
      • Costs
      • Damages
      • Hospital complaints procedures
      • How do I know your firm is any good?
      • Obtaining your health records
      • Reasons for taking legal action
      • What's involved in a legal case?
    • Action against Medical Accidents
  • Personal injury
    • Abuse claims
    • Accidents and injuries at work and school
    • Amputation claims
      • Amputation because of an accident at work
    • Brain injury claims
    • Claims against MoD
    • Construction industry accident claims
    • Disasters
    • Fatal injuries and inquests
    • Food poisoning compensation claims
    • Public liability claims
    • Rehabilitation
    • Spinal injury
    • Personal injury FAQs
    • Useful links
  • Road collisions and travel claims
    • Amputation because of a road traffic collision
    • Car, coach and motorbike crashes
      • Motorbike accident claims
    • Cycling and sports injury claims
      • Bespoke research project
      • Bike accident claims – frequently asked questions
      • Common causes of cycle accidents
      • Common cycling injuries
      • London Nocturne 2015
      • Cycle repair and maintenance
      • Road safety and cyclists
      • Cycle Tales
        • Cycle Superhighways causing congestion?
        • Diary of a Paralympian - Post Rio relax and into 2017
        • We need some more girls in here - Women's Sports Week 2017
        • Women & Bicycles
        • Commuter Diary
        • Adrian's Italian Job
        • Kevin and his trailer of joy
        • Laura's journey
        • Remembering Summer
        • Rachel in Yorkshire
        • Red Nose Day Ride 2015
        • Tao's Journal January 2014
        • Tao's Journal May 2014
        • Tao's Journal November 2013
        • Tao's Journal October 2013
        • Women & Bicycles
      • Spin Cycling Festival
        • 'Nothing to be afraid of' - Panel Discussion
      • The urban cyclist
      • Why Cycle?
      • British Cycling and Leigh Day
      • British Triathlon Federation
    • Road and pavement accidents
    • Holiday and travel claims
      • Cruise ship accident and illness claims
      • Cycling accidents abroad
      • Hotel accident claims
      • Hotel illness claims
• International claims
  • Afghanistan
  • Asbestos
  • Bangladesh
  • Gold mining silicosis
    • Landmark silicosis compensation scheme agreed with AASA and AngloGold
    • What is silicosis?
    • Silicosis and black miners
    • Miners' access to the statutory compensation system
    • Anglo American South Africa
    • Other Leigh Day multinational company cases
    • Gold mining silicosis legal team
    • Gold mining silicosis useful links and resources
    • Gold mining silicosis videos
    • Gold mining silicosis gallery page
  • Guantanamo Bay
  • Iraq
  • Ivory Coast
  • Japanese and German prisoners of war
  • Kenya
    • The Mau Mau claims
      • The Kenyan claimants
      • Historical background
      • Hanslope Park disclosure
      • International response
      • The Mau Mau case in pictures
      • Leigh Day in Kenya
  • Libya
  • Nigeria
    • Background to the Bodo claim
    • History of the Bodo litigation
    • Nature of the allegations against Shell
    • UN environmental assessment of Ogoniland
    • Reaction to the Bodo spills
    • Clean-up and remediation
  • Peru
  • Tanzania
  • Zambia
  • العراق
• Asserting your rights
  • Abuse claims
    • Adults and children at risk of harm
    • Child abuse claims
      • Swaylands School abuse claims
    • International abuse claims
    • Trafficking and modern slavery
      • Claims against the perpetrators
  • Competition law class actions
  • Discrimination claims
    • Age discrimination claims
    • Carers and employment rights
    • Disability discrimination claims
      • Accessibility to stadiums
      • Your legal rights to vote
    • Discrimination claims by sector
    • Flexible working claims
    • Gender identity discrimination claims
    • Harassment claims
    • Health discrimination
    • Judicial pensions
    • Maternity and pregnancy claims
    • Race discrimination claims
    • Religion and belief discrimination claims
    • Sex discrimination claims
    • Sexual orientation discrimination claims
    • Tesco pay challenge
    • Useful employment discrimination links
  • Employment law
    • Deliveroo rider claims
    • Employment law claims
    • Employment expertise by sector
      • Employment and discrimination advice for drivers
      • Employment and discrimination advice in the legal sector
      • Employment and discrimination advice in the media sector
      • Employment and discrimination in financial services
    • Employment law resources
      • Employment law articles
      • Employment law podcasts
      • The purple workforce
    • Employment tribunals
    • Paying for your employment advice
    • Redundancy
    • Settlement agreements
    • Uber drivers claims
    • Unfair dismissal
    • Zero hours claims
  • Equal pay
    • FAQs for equal pay claims
    • Sainsbury's equal pay claims
    • Pay Justice
  • Human rights
    • Abuse claims
    • Corporate accountability
    • Court of Protection
    • Deprivation of liberty
    • Detainee rights
    • Disability
    • Discrimination claims
    • Education law claims
      • School closures, reorganisations and academy schools
      • Special educational needs (SEN)
    • Environmental and planning litigation service
      • Environmental cases
        • How to pay for a judicial review
      • FAQs environment cases
      • Useful environmental links
    • European Court of Human Rights
    • False imprisonment
    • Fertility law
    • Health
      • Medical treatment and prescribing decisions
      • NHS closures, reorganisations and access to treatment
      • Right to life/Right to death
    • Housing
    • Information law
    • Inquests and human rights
    • Judicial review
    • Patient safety and the Stafford Hospital scandal
      • Judicial reviews and the Mid Staffordshire inquiries
    • Prisoner rights
      • Prisoner healthcare
      • Prisoners and discrimination
      • Prisoners and human rights
      • Recent cases relating to prisoner rights
      • Leigh Day's prison law team
    • Public authority challenges
    • Public inquiries
    • Public service cuts
    • Regional Human Rights Courts in Africa
    • Social services and community care
      • Best interests
    • Human Rights resources
    • Useful links
    • Who are our clients and who do we challenge?
      • Groups, NGOs and organisations
      • Individuals
• Client Stories
  • More client stories
• Our people
  • All staff
    • Paula Atienza
    • Beatrice Morgan
  • Partners
    • Helen Ashton
    • Harminder Bains
    • Jamie Beagent
    • Chris Benson
    • Andrew Bradley
    • Emmalene Bushnell
    • Clare Campbell
    • Sarah Campbell
    • Kiran Daurka
    • Martyn Day
    • Daniel Easton
    • Claire Fazan
    • Vijay Ganapathy
    • Tessa Gregory
    • Brendan Hope
    • Sean Humber
    • Grant Incles
    • Kevin Johnson
    • Emma Jones
    • Stephen Jones
    • Daniel Leader
    • Russell Levy
    • Olive Lewin
    • Sapna Malik
    • Nichola Marshall
    • Shanta Martin
    • Gene Matthews
    • Richard Meeran
    • Bozena Michalowska Howells
    • Alison Millar
    • Sally Moore
    • Michael Newman
    • Sally Jean Nicholes
    • Maria Panteli
    • Jill Paterson
    • Emma Satyamurti
    • Shubhaa Srinivasan
    • Frances Swaine
    • Christine Tallon
    • Merry Varney
    • Michelle Victor
    • Nicola Wainwright
    • Kirsten Wall
    • Suzanne White
  • Consultants
    • Carol Day
    • Martyn Allen
    • Zanele Mbuyisa
    • Tshepo Rametse
  • Senior staff
    • Suleikha Ali
    • Kriya Amin
    • Elisabeth Andresen
    • Sarah Askew
    • Christine Baker
    • Shubha Banerjee
    • Jane Bedford McLaren
    • Mandy Bhattal
    • Tamlin Bolton
    • Rachel Botterill
    • Ryan Bradshaw
    • William Broadbent
    • Anna Brothers
    • Benjamin Burrows
    • Mike Cain
    • Gemma Castrofilippo
    • Charlotte Cooper
    • Benjamin Croft
    • Rosa Curling
    • Joseph Dawson
    • Kevin Digby
    • Paul Dowling
    • Liam Dunne
    • Henry Dyson
    • Kate Egerton
    • Chris Esdaile
    • Clare Eustace
    • Jose Leonardo Gonzalez
    • Maya Groves
    • Chris Haan
    • Gideon Habel
    • Emma Hall
    • Oliver Holland
    • Jessica Holt
    • Fiona Huddleston
    • Tom Hewitt
    • Thomas Jervis
    • Alistair Jones
    • Nandi Jordan
    • Despina Kavadas
    • Caroline Kempster
    • Emma Kendall
    • Yvonne Kestler
    • Kelly Lawford
    • Paula Lee
    • Andrew Lord
    • Lauren Lougheed
    • Rory McCarron
    • Nigel Mackay
    • Brian McFerran
    • Anna Moore
    • Sarah Moore
    • Roy Nightingale
    • Sharika Parbin
    • Ellen Parry
    • Jasmine Patel
    • Tina Patel
    • Astrid Perry
    • Dr James Piers
    • Annie Powell
    • Alice Ramsay
    • Rebekah Read
    • Matthew Renshaw
    • David Roberts
    • Michael Roberts
    • Ceilidh Robertson
    • Bethany Sanders
    • Waleed Sheikh
    • Rowan Smith
    • Claire Spearpoint
    • Sanja Strkljevic
    • Ewan Tant
    • Sophie Turner
    • Angharad Vaughan
    • Arden Wadhwani
    • Emma Walker
    • Nick Webster
    • Sophie Wells
    • Matthew Westlake
    • Mary Westmacott
    • Ross Whalley
    • Claire White
    • Kate Whiting
    • Katherine Wilkinson
    • Sarah Wolf
    • Linda Wong
    • Liana Wood
    • Shazia Yamin
  • Professional support
    • Kevin Ansell
    • Quaam Animashaun
    • Vash Arora
    • Dawn Carmichael
    • Jonathan Chand
    • Helen Dewar
    • Caroline Griffin
    • James Harrison
    • Adrian Jewitt
    • Laura Jordan
    • Sue Morrison
    • Julia Perrin
    • Darren Rogers
    • David Standard
  • Former partners of the firm
• About us
  • 2 minutes with Leigh Day
  • Client journey video - personal injury
  • 30th Anniversary
  • Leigh Day: Secrets Of Success
  • What people say about us
    • Awards
    • Chambers and partners UK guide to the legal profession
    • External Accreditations
    • The Legal 500
    • Testimonials
  • History of the firm
  • Equality and diversity
  • Social justice and community work
    • Canon Collins Educational & Legal Assistance Trust
    • Africa Educational Trust
• News and events
  • Leigh Day in the news 2017
  • Leigh Day in the news 2016
  • Leigh Day in the news 2015
  • Leigh Day in the news 2014
  • Leigh Day in the news 2013
  • 2017
    • June 2017
    • May 2017
    • April 2017
    • March 2017
    • February 2017
    • January 2017
  • 2016
    • December 2016
    • November 2016
    • October 2016
    • September 2016
    • August 2016
    • July 2016
    • June 2016
    • May 2016
    • April 2016
    • March 2016
    • February 2016
    • January 2016
  • 2015
    • December 2015
    • November 2015
    • October 2015
    • September 2015
    • August 2015
    • July 2015
    • June 2015
    • May 2015
    • April 2015
    • March 2015
    • February 2015
    • January 2015
  • 2014
    • December 2014
    • November 2014
    • October 2014
    • September 2014
    • August 2014
    • July 2014
    • June 2014
    • May 2014
    • April 2014
    • March 2014
    • February 2014
    • January 2014
  • 2013
    • December 2013
    • November 2013
    • October 2013
    • September 2013
    • August 2013
    • July 2013
    • June 2013
    • May 2013
    • April 2013
    • March 2013
    • February 2013
    • January 2013
  • 2012
    • December 2012
    • November 2012
    • October 2012
    • September 2012
    • August 2012
    • July 2012
    • June 2012
    • May 2012
    • April 2012
    • March 2012
    • February 2012
    • January 2012
  • 2011
    • December 2011
    • November 2011
    • October 2011
    • September 2011
    • August 2011
    • July 2011
    • June 2011
    • May 2011
    • April 2011
    • March 2011
    • February 2011
    • January 2011
  • 2010
    • December 2010
    • November 2010
    • October 2010
    • September 2010
    • August 2010
    • July 2010
    • June 2010
    • May 2010
    • April 2010
    • March 2010
    • February 2010
    • January 2010
  • 2009
    • December 2009
    • November 2009
    • October 2009
    • September 2009
    • August 2009
    • July 2009
    • June 2009
    • May 2009
  • Archive
    • 2009
      • April 2009
      • March 2009
      • February 2009
      • January 2009
    • 2008
      • December 2008
      • November 2008
      • October 2008
      • September 2008
      • August 2008
      • July 2008
      • June 2008
      • May 2008
      • April 2008
      • March 2008
      • February 2008
      • January 2008
    • 2007
      • December 2007
      • November 2007
      • October 2007
      • September 2007
      • August 2007
      • July 2007
      • June 2007
      • May 2007
      • April 2007
      • March 2007
      • February 2007
      • January 2007
    • 2006
      • December 2006
      • November 2006
      • October 2006
      • September 2006
      • August 2006
      • July 2006
      • June 2006
      • May 2006
      • April 2006
      • March 2006
      • February 2006
      • January 2006
    • 2005
      • December 2005
      • November 2005
      • October 2005
      • September 2005
      • August 2005
      • July 2005
      • June 2005
      • May 2005
      • April 2005
      • March 2005
      • February 2005
      • January 2005
    • 2004
      • December 2004
      • November 2004
      • October 2004
      • September 2004
      • August 2004
      • July 2004
      • June 2004
      • May 2004
      • April 2004
      • March 2004
      • February 2004
      • January 2004
    • 2003
      • December 2003
      • November 2003
      • October 2003
      • September 2003
      • August 2003
      • July 2003
      • June 2003
      • May 2003
      • April 2003
      • March 2003
      • February 2003
      • January 2003
    • 2001
      • November 2001
      • January 2001
  • Events
    • Backup Trust
    • Events archive
    • International Women's Day
    • Scope
• FAQs
  • Legal glossary
  • Funding your case
  • Claims for children and people unable to instruct solicitors for themselves
  • The Court of Protection and the Office of the Public Guardian – the basics
  • What is an inquest?
    • When will the Coroner investigate the circumstances of a death?
    • Who can participate in a Coroner’s investigation?
    • What questions will a Coroner address in his or her investigation into a death?
    • When will a Coroner hold an inquest?
    • When will a jury be called to an Inquest?
    • What will the outcome of the Coroner’s investigation be?
    • How can we help you with an Inquest?
    • What funding is available for representation at an Inquest?
  • Translators/foreign languages
  • Our complaints policy
  • Our equality and diversity policy
  • Ask a question
  • Useful links
• Careers
  • Solicitors
  • Paralegals
  • Training Contracts
    • Aman's trainee story
    • Anna's trainee story
    • Matt's trainee story
    • Kate's trainee story
    • Kriya's trainee story
    • Our trainees
    • Rachel's trainee story
    • Gideon's trainee story
    • Sean's trainee story
    • Rebekah's trainee story
    • Liana's trainee story
  • Professional support
  • Secretarial and Administrative Support
  • Work Experience
  • How to join us
  • Life at Leigh Day
• Contact us
  • Liverpool office
  • Manchester office
  • Make an enquiry
• Page error