2023 News

Naturalist and environmental campaigner Chris Packham CBE is set to legally challenge Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to tear up the Government’s timetable to phase out motor vehicles and gas boilers to keep the UK on track to meet Net Zero by 2050.

The proceedings in the UK High Court between the claimants, campesinos living in the Putumayo region of Colombia and UK-based Amerisur Resources Ltd have been settled satisfactorily on a confidential basis, on payment of a monetary sum.

Lawyers representing hundreds of people affected by the NHS infected blood scandal have voiced their disappointment at the delay to the report of the Infected Blood Inquiry.

A pre-inquest review hearing into the death of Jodey Whiting will be held on Friday 24 November 2023 at 11am at Teesside Magistrates Court in Middlesbrough.

Law firm Leigh Day wins the bear sculpture they sponsored for the Leeds Bear Hunt, an art installation trail around Leeds city centre, to raise money for Leeds Children’s Hospital.

The United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights, and five United Nations Special Rapporteurs have written to Unilever Plc, expressing their deep concern about the lack of access to justice and an effective remedy provided by Unilever to a group of (former) Unilever workers who were brutally assaulted on a Unilever tea plantation.

Sri Lankan asylum seekers have won their fight not to be forcibly returned to Sri Lanka in a Government climbdown just days before they were due to challenge the decision in the Supreme Court of the British Indian Ocean Territories (BIOT).

The global recall of 11-speed Ultegra and Dura-Ace chainsets was announced by Japanese cycling brand Shimano following six reported injuries in North America, with approximately 760,000 units at risk of failure.

A 64-year-old joiner, Melvyn Blount took his own life five days after a sudden onset of anxiety and paranoia when he had no previous history of mental health issues.

A vicar who claims he was the victim of repeated racial stereotyping when applying for posts in the Church of England has called on the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to conduct a statutory investigation into racism within the Church.

The family of plumber Peter Muckle, who worked at Grosvenor House in London, is appealing for information from anyone who worked at the hotel during the 1980s and 2000s.

Healthcare lawyers have voiced their concern at inspection reports for maternity provision at the University Hospital of North Durham (UHND) and Darlington Memorial Hospital (DMH).