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A legal challenge opposing the demolition of the historic Bastion House and Museum of London buildings in the Barbican area of London will be heard in the High Court this week.

The inquest concerning the death of Ted Farmer, aged just 19, concluded last week.

The wife of a man who died from encephalitis has raised serious concerns over his care after the condition was not picked up by medical staff at Leighton Hospital, meaning he went a week without diagnosis.

As announced yesterday (4 December 2025), one of the Labour government’s manifesto pledges to reduce the qualifying period for employees to bring unfair dismissal claims will be (as of the time of this blog) coming into force in January 2027. This will have far and wide-reaching changes to the employment sector in the UK.  

Leigh Day partner Sarah Moore, who leads a team investigating PFAS pollution in the UK, reflects on the recent Panorama episode about the substances known as ‘forever chemicals’.

In an age of deepfakes, AI bots, and algorithmic manipulation, the question of how governments safeguard democratic integrity against foreign interference is now central to the survival of free and fair elections

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