2025 News
Leigh Day news 2025
12 of 160 items displayed
Coroner warns potential “culture of cover up” could lead to more deaths after 12-year-old Raihana Awolaja died at a Children’s Trust residential care facility in Surrey
A coroner has warned a potential “culture of cover up” at a Children’s Trust facility in Surrey may lead to further deaths, after concluding that neglect contributed to the death of 12-year-old Raihana Awolaja from Essex.
APPG calls for action to tackle climate emergency and global systemic racism
A new report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Race and Community has found that people of colour and Indigenous peoples around the world are experiencing the worst effects of a climate and nature emergency.
Leigh Day’s Manchester medical negligence team announces new hires and promotions
Law firm Leigh Day is expanding its medical negligence team in Manchester with two promotions and by welcoming two new solicitors to the growing team.
Abuse in swimming clubs exposed in new BBC Documentary The Dark Side of Swimming Clubs
The culture of silence surrounding abuse in British swimming has been brought to national attention in a new BBC Panorama documentary titled The Dark Side of Swimming Clubs.
Share your memories of the rivers Wye, Lugg and Usk at the Hay Festival 2025
People will be invited to share their memories and experiences of the rivers Wye, Lugg and Usk at this year’s Hay Festival.
Health Equity North partners with Leigh Day and the Northern Health Science Alliance for Woman of the North Summit
Law firm Leigh Day sponsored the Woman of the North Summit held at Durham University Business school on 7 May 2025.
Legal challenge against badger culling licences given green light to proceed
A legal challenge by wildlife groups the Badger Trust and Wild Justice against the granting of badger culling licences has been given permission to be heard in the High Court.
Misdiagnosis of lichen sclerosus leads to a four-year delay in diagnosing pre-cancerous vulval condition
A private hospital group has admitted failings in care after a 55-year-old woman’s pre-cancerous condition vulval intraepithelial neoplasia was misdiagnosed for four years.
Bipolar woman died after choking on cake still in its plastic wrapper, inquest hears
An inquest into the death of a bipolar woman detained in a mental health unit heard that she choked on a slice of cake served in its plastic wrapper while she was left alone in her room.
Missed opportunities could have prevented the deterioration of Cain Donald that ended in his death, inquest concludes
An inquest into the death of 26-year-old Cain Donald found that had he been supervised when taking his prescribed medication and had his reluctance to take medication been escalated earlier, it is possible the deterioration in his condition, which ended in his death, could have been prevented.
Llais report on maternity experiences in Swansea Bay must accelerate urgent change, says healthcare lawyer Julia Reynolds
Healthcare lawyer Julia Reynolds says a report sharing the experiences of more than 500 people who have used maternity and neonatal services in Swansea Bay University Health Board entirely bears out those of the families she is supporting.
Leading UK trans rights group warns human rights regulator not to predetermine outcome of consultation on impact of Supreme Court judgment
Leading trans rights organisation, TransLucent has warned the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) that it believes comments made by the chair and a commissioner following the Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland v the Scottish Ministers that the term ‘woman’ in the Equality Act is defined by biological sex have harmed the consultation process.