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Medical negligence partner Sanja Strkljevic told leading clinicians, researchers, policymakers and journalists that patient safety must remain at the heart of efforts to improve maternity care as she addressed the Medical Journalists' Association (MJA) Symposium 2026.

South Tyneside social workers missed opportunities to assess the capacity of an 84-year-old man who died after a fire at the South Shields bungalow where he lived alone, a coroner said as part of a narrative conclusion at inquest.

Leigh Day environment and public law team partner Ricardo Gama has been named in this year’s ENDS Report Power List, which names 100 of the most influential environmental professionals and campaigners in the UK.

For International Workers’ Memorial Day 28 April 2026, Partner Joanne Candlish reflects on more than 30 years of bringing successful legal claims against industrial titans whose workers suffered lethal asbestos exposure.

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’.

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