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Human rights lawyers at Leigh Day have been named runners-up in the Best Use of Law category at the 2026 National Campaigner Awards, hosted by the Sheila McKechnie Foundation (SMK), for its legal work helping to secure a reversal by Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) in significant academic freedom case.

A British Jordanian NHS doctor bringing discrimination and harassment claims after he was suspended from his job at the Royal Free Hospital in London following a complaint about his social media posts relating to the treatment of Palestinians in Gaza will have his case heard at the London Central Employment Tribunal from 15 June 2026.

A community organisation in Grenada has put the country’s Planning and Development Authority on notice of potential legal action over the approval and ongoing construction of a major industrial development in Woodford, St John.

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