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After former Nine O’Clock Service (NOS) priest Christopher Brain was found guilty of sexual offences against nine women, abuse claims lawyer Dino Nocivelli said he hoped survivors of Brain’s abuse can now feel a sense of justice.

Northern Trains has committed to making accessibility improvements at six railway stations in response to issues raised in a legal challenge over the lack of step-free access for wheelchair users.

Tech justice non-profit Foxglove and environmental charity Global Action Plan have launched a legal challenge against the government’s decision to force through construction of a huge hyperscale data centre in the Buckinghamshire Green Belt.

Campaign group HyNot has filed a legal claim challenging the development of the HyNet carbon capture and storage facility in the North West of England.

Midwife Fatimah Mohamied is bringing a claim in the Employment Tribunal against Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (CWHT) after her former employers referred her to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and lodged a Prevent referral with the Metropolitan Police a year after she had resigned her post.

A woman who was victim of a serious sexual assault on a flight to London is challenging government rules that disqualify her from compensation for the criminal injury she suffered from an attacker who was later jailed for six and a half years.

Amwell Magna Fishery (AMF) has instructed lawyers to raise serious concerns about an “unlawful” Environment Agency decision to reduce the flow of part of the River Lee in Hertfordshire, which it says is devastating the watercourse.

A retired motoring factory and maintenance worker is appealing to former colleagues for help in understanding how he may have been exposed to asbestos, following his diagnosis with an asbestos related lung disease.  

Campaign group Lakes Against Nuclear Dump (LAND) has taken the first steps in a legal challenge against the Environment Agency’s (EA) decision to grant Sellafield a licence to extract large quantities of water and dispose the polluted byproduct.

Law firm Leigh Day has been nominated in three categories at this year’s Yorkshire Legal Awards, due to take place in October.

The Law Commission will be reviewing a section of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 relating to liability for defective products.

A man injured while using a power tool he bought from Amazon has started legal proceedings in the High Court against the world’s largest online retailer.