2025 Blogs

Andrew Lord, partner at Leigh Day who represents survivors of abuse, explores how redress schemes can be an effective, efficient and empowering way to compensate survivors, provided implementation is thoroughly considered and they are adequately resourced.

During Sepsis Awareness Month, Zoe Donohue, Associate Solicitor in our Manchester medical negligence team, considers the effectiveness of sepsis guidelines, six years after reforms were rolled out.

Alex Wessely from Leigh Day’s international team attended an event in Geneva which examined the risks multinational companies are exposed to if human rights abuses are committed in connection with protecting their operations, especially at large scale mining sites.

Ahead of speaking at the Expert Witness Institute’s annual Scottish Medicolegal Conference, catastrophic injury partner at Leigh Day, Bethany Sanders, discusses the re-traumatisation of claimants that can occur during legal cases and explores how to help protect vulnerable clients and improve outcomes.

Leigh Day human rights partner Leanne Devine discusses the announcement today, 16 September 2025, that the Government is introducing a Bill to Parliament which the Hillsborough families and other campaign groups consider fit to be called ‘a Hillsborough Law’.

Leigh Day international department solicitor Kane Jackson considers the legal significance and implications of a landmark advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice in the wake of a climate advocacy campaign by students in Fiji.

Lufu Si and Emma Jones consider the post-war repatriation of a Liverpool Chinese population.

Following a toxic waste spill in Zambia, Walker Syachalinga from Leigh Day’s international and group litigation team considers how mixed messaging from authorities creates an additional barrier to justice for communities impacted.

Throughout June and July, the asbestos team at Leigh Day completed a series of charity walks across the country in areas impacted by asbestos diseases.

Head of Leigh Day’s personal injury team Sally Moore explains the importance of Leigh Day's work to promote the safety and accessibility of cycling and how across the firm, we and British Cycling are working together to champion these objectives. 

Dino Nocivelli and Shaimaa Al-Mukhtar examine different forms of spiritual abuse and how justice can be pursued in civil courts.

Anna Moore and Clara Chaberlot welcome a new inquiry by the Joint Committee on Human Rights to examine how effectively the human rights of children are protected within England’s care system.