2019 News
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Asda workers in Employment Tribunal for second stage of the UK’s largest equal pay claim
Tens of thousands of supermarket workers employed by Asda will have the second stage of their equal pay claim heard by the Employment Tribunal in Manchester beginning on Monday 13 May 2019.
IICSA report: the Anglican Church dismissed concerns about child sexual abuse as 'trivial and insignificant'
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has published the first of its case studies into child abuse in the Anglican Church.
Ednan-Laperouse family welcome "momentous" FSA recommendation on allergen labelling
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has today recommended that businesses should label all pre-packaged food with a list of full ingredients and with 14 major allergens highlighted.
Paul Lamb to bring new legal case for the right to die
Paul Lamb, who is paralysed from the neck down, has launched a new legal case against the Secretary of State for Justice, challenging the law on assisted dying in the UK.
High Court to hear Palestinian refugees' challenge to the Vulnerable Person Resettlement Scheme
The High Court will hear a legal challenge on Wednesday 8 May and Thursday 9 May 2019 by a number of Palestinian refugees from Syria against the Home Secretary regarding the refusal by him to ensure they have proper access to the UK's Vulnerable Person Resettlement Scheme (VPRS).
Asbestos lawyer dismayed by India's silence on asbestos production issues
A letter from the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Toxics on reports of asbestos dumping has had no response from the Indian Government
Friends of the Earth appeal High Court ruling on Heathrow expansion
Environmental group Friends of the Earth have announced that they will appeal the High Court judgment, that was handed down on Wednesday 1 May 2019, which found that the government's decision to allow the building of a third runway at Heathrow airport was lawful.
Successful legal challenge to Government's voting provisions
The High Court has today handed down a damning judgment on the Government's current arrangements for blind and partially sighted voters, declaring them unlawful and describing them as being “a parody of the electoral process”.
Government defeated again as High Court finds Universal Credit migration arrangements unlawful
The High Court ruled today that the government's Universal Credit migration arrangements for those who previously received the Severe Disability Premium and moved onto Universal Credit before 16 January 2019 are unlawful.
Campaign groups' reaction to announcement on increase to the fund for contaminated blood victims
Campaign groups have given a cautious welcome to the announcement by Theresa May that the government is making some additional funding available for victims of the Infected NHS Blood tragedy.
Lawyers for contaminated blood victims urge national testing programme
Lawyers have called on NHS England to set up a nationwide screening programme for people who may have been infected with Hepatitis C virus (HCV) as a result of the contaminated blood scandal.
Product liability lawyers instructed in gastric band claim
The medical device team is investigating the alleged failure of a gastric band.