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Two serving police officers have launched judicial review proceedings in the High Court challenging a century-old legal provision that bars police officers from joining or forming a trade union.

The widow of a 45-year-old man who worked at Aston Martin is appealing for more information about the working conditions at the time he worked there.

A coroner has said he will issue a prevention of future deaths (PFD) report to Transport for London following the death of 72-year-old Brian Mitchell, who died at Stratford London Underground station on Boxing Day 2023.

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

Caroline works with all departments in the firm to provide media relations and internal communications support.

Maxine works across all Leigh Day departments as a senior media relations manager

Mike works across all Leigh Day departments as a senior media relations manager