Shazia Yamin
Partner
Shazia specialises in large-scale product liability litigation on behalf of consumers
Shazia Yamin is a partner in the international and group litigation department and specialises in large-scale product liability litigation on behalf of consumers.
Shazia joined the firm as an assistant solicitor in 2015 and became a partner in April 2021.

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Leigh Day handled a class action case against VW for the Diesel Scandal. They secured a substantial out of court settlement for me that far exceeded my expectations. They kept me updated at every step of a long drawn out case and gave me good advice. A top professional law firm.
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Legal expertise
Since joining the firm Shazia has spent much of her time working on the Volkswagen NOx Emissions Group Litigation. This is a group claim being brought on behalf vehicle owners following allegations of emissions test cheating in diesel vehicles.
She also leads a further group action underway against the Volkswagen Group following allegations of emissions cheating in vehicles with later engine models and has also worked on a similar claim against Mercedes-Benz.
Read Shazia's blogs
- Consumer group actions: a vital pathway to corporate accountability 7.7.21
Shazia in the news
- Dieselgate: British car buyers’ claim against VW reaches high court, The Guardian, 5 December 2021
- Dieselgate: would you sue Volkswagen? The Times, 28 May 2021
- Dieselgate: Volkswagen faces fresh allegations over Porsche and Audi, ENDS Europe, 26 February 2021
- VW accused over technology fitted after emissions scandal, Financial Times, 11 October 2019

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