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Legal case challenges cut-off date for ex-gratia payments to infected blood victims
A woman whose life has been ruined by Hepatitis C after she was given infected blood in the course of treatment for cancer has issued a legal case to challenge her ineligibility for a government payment.
Declassified UK challenges defamatory attack on its work by Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Investigative journalism organisation Declassified UK has written an urgent letter responding to an attack on its work and reputation by the British Embassy in La Paz.
Cancellation of Oxford-Cambridge Expressway plan welcomed
Wildlife campaigners have voiced their relief and delight that plans for an expressway between Oxford and Cambridge have been axed.
Uber needs to do the right thing for SA drivers following concession of worker’s rights in the UK
Mbuyisa Moleele Attorneys and Leigh Day call on Uber to do the right thing and acknowledge that its SA drivers are legally entitled to statutory employment rights.
Voting campaigner wins permission to take his case to Supreme Court
A man who is campaigning against the Government's plan to require voter ID at polling stations has been given permission to take his legal claim to the Supreme Court.
Administrative law reforms ‘an attempted power grab’
Proposed changes to the administrative law system announced today constitute an attempted power-grab, say human rights lawyers at Leigh Day law firm.
Road crash destroyed cyclist’s Olympics dream
Great Britain Cycling Team member Lauren Dolan says the motorist who caused the road crash that ended her career took away her childhood dream of competing in the Olympics.
Visually impaired woman secures promises from Government to change pandemic communications
Sarah Leadbetter, who is registered blind, has secured fundamental promises of changes to Government pandemic communications.
Leigh Day says Uber’s reclassification of its UK drivers as workers will shake up gig economy
News that Uber will reclassify its UK drivers as workers will impact the whole gig economy, according to law firm Leigh Day.
Western Sahara Campaign UK brings legal challenge against post-Brexit trade deal with Morocco
Western Sahara Campaign UK (WSCUK) has issued judicial review proceedings against the Department for International Trade and the Treasury in respect of the UK-Morocco Association Agreement.
Football Association institutional failings meant children were not kept safe
The Football Association was guilty of “institutional failings” in delaying bringing in child safeguarding measures, an independent review of sexual abuse in the past has concluded.
Call for evidence for inquiry into racial injustice in UK maternity services
Campaign charity Birthrights wants to hear from women and their families as part of its inquiry into racial injustice in UK maternity services.