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A leading medical negligence lawyer has said the publication of the Ockenden review into Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust must be a turning point for maternity care in England, warning that families are still experiencing many of the same failings exposed in maternity investigations over the past decade.

The High Court has ruled that a trial should be held in May 2028 to consider a legal claim by more than 1700 Malawian villagers against Primark owner Associated British Foods plc (ABF), following flooding that destroyed their village and left five adults and two children dead.

People have until the August Bank Holiday to join a group legal action over pollution in the rivers Wye, Lugg and Usk, the largest environmental pollution claim of its kind 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