2022 News

The Volkswagen Group and the claimants have today reached an out of court settlement in the Volkswagen NOx Emissions Group Litigation.

Further to our earlier press release on the Volkswagen emissions settlement announced today, see further comments below from Leigh Day partners Boz Michalowska-Howells and Shazia Yamin who represent thousands of clients and have worked on the case since September 2015, when news of this scandal first broke.

Freedom from Torture has launched an urgent challenge to the government’s decision to send asylum seekers to Rwanda with a second legal letter from Leigh Day human rights lawyers.

Afghan journalists living in terror of the Taliban because of their former work with the British media have filed an application for judicial review after waiting months without their applications to relocate to the UK being processed.

The safety of hundreds of women and birthing people from Black and Brown and mixed ethnicity backgrounds is being put at risk due to systemic racism within UK maternity care, a year-long inquiry by Birthrights, the UK charity for human rights in pregnancy and childbirth, has found.

The family of 18-year-old Zoe Lyalle from Reading have expressed their disappointment following her inquest which concluded there were no failings in the care she received by her local mental health team and her specialist school. The inquest into Zoe’s death, held at Berkshire Coroner’s Court reached a conclusion of suicide on Thursday 19 May 2022.

Residents who challenged Lambeth Council’s decision to allow a vertical extension to their block of flats are considering an appeal after a court heard that the effects of the building work on their lives was considered but not given weight.

A mother has received a settlement after an experimental DNA test for fetal abnormalities in pregnancy failed to detect Edward’s syndrome in their baby boy.

Members of a group of 89 Sri Lankan adults and children who have been detained for over seven months on a military base more than 1,500 miles from the mainland in the middle of the Indian Ocean have gone on hunger strike in a desperate plea for help over their isolation.

A Shropshire resident, Dr Peter Day, fighting plans for houses on land previously designated for public use by a statutory trust, says his appeal to the Supreme Court will have national significance for other similar cases.

Claimant law firm Leigh Day has added a competition law team to its practice, broadening its expertise in group claims and has also welcomed a new partner specialising in financial court of protection work.

Food safety lawyers have voiced concern over a second national salmonella scare in a month, this time involving the rapid recall of chicken products from big brand outlets.