2022 Blogs

Leigh Day abuse team head, Alison Millar discusses the recent decision in the case of Kevin Farquharson v Bar Standards Board

Oliver Holland and Claire Powell from the International Department report on the work of the Coalition to End Uyghur Forced Labour and their attendance at the recent public panel event at the European Parliament in Brussels.

The review by Anne Whyte QC of allegations of mistreatment within British Gymnastics could be finally published this month and I now want to consider the issue of abuse within gymnastics and what broke the silence within the sport.

The abuse of children by foster carers who are supposed to care and look after them (and are paid to do so) is one of the most despicable acts that a human can commit on another human. 

Our consumer and competition law specialists join forces to discuss the positives for consumers included within this year’s Queen’s Speech, where new measures don’t go far enough and what we think is still lacking.

Shazia Yamin and Holly Hampton discuss the recent judgment of Senior Master Fontaine in the VW NOx Emissions Group Litigation following an application for relief from sanctions by a law firm to have their clients added to the Group Register after the cut-off date.

I have specialised in representing abuse victims and survivors for many years and where the abuse has been committed by teachers, priests, sports coaches and others in positions of trust.

As a lawyer who specialises in representing victims and survivors of child abuse and sexual abuse, I appreciate the importance of an apology from their abuser and/or the institution where the abuse took place. 

Further to my recent article about sexual abuse in cricket, I now want to focus on swimming because this is another sport that again emphasises why the Independent Inquiry into Childhood Sexual Abuse (IICSA) should have chosen sport as one of their 15 investigation strands.

Charlotte Armstrong, solicitor in the international department, discusses the importance of a recent Court of Appeal decision in the case brought by Abu Zubaydah against the UK Foreign Office, Home Office and Attorney General.

While the vast majority of child abusers are male, it is important to remember that women also sexually assault children and as a society we need to be alert to such criminality.

Daniel Leader, partner in the international team, discusses recent legal successes in holding multinational corporations to account for harms caused to communities who have previously had little hope of achieving justice.