2021 Blogs

Bringing group actions on behalf of consumers is one of Leigh Day's key areas of specialty and we have been involved in some of the largest group actions ever brought in the UK.

Associate solicitor Tina Patel and paralegal Jessica Harrison discuss Walleys Quarry, a landfill located in Jessica’s hometown of Newcastle-under-Lyme and the devastating impact living next to a landfill can have for residents.

Nandi Jordan, solicitor in our medical negligence team, discusses the need for thorough assessment for back pain and spinal injuries as part of our men’s health series for Movember.

Jill Paterson and Philippa Wheeler discuss the risks associated with swallowing magnets and why toys including small magnets can pose dangers to children and teenagers. 

“And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls: it tolls for thee.” Solicitor Alice Ramsay, from Leigh Day’s employment department, looks ahead to Trans Day of Remembrance and reflects on poet John Donne’s enduring message about the importance of our shared humanity. 

Find out why you should join the Addison Lee drivers' claim

Lucy Martin and Caroline Morris discuss dieselgate in the context of COP26.

In our Movember blogs series, Charlotte Norton discusses healthcare challenges for the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.

Gideon Habel urges the SRA to grapple with the issues that will lead to regulatory fairness

Throughout November the clinical negligence team shine a light on men’s health matters in a series of blogs covering mental health, covid-19, spinal injuries, and men’s health in the much-neglected traveller community.

Tina Patel discusses recent reports exposing the use of controversial chemicals in cosmetics.

Poppy Barnett and Supriya Banerjee-Halliday, of the workplace injury team, consider what the latest World Health Organisation (WHO) and International Labour Organisation (ILO) report says about the risk of death and serious injury at work.