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The Ubele Initiative launches legal action calling for inquiry into COVID-19 impact on BAME groups
The Ubele Initiative, a BAME-led national organisation working towards building more sustainable communities across the UK, has launched legal action over failings in the Government's response to the disproportionate impact the Covid-19 pandemic is having on BAME communities.
Lawyers investigate potential device defects after recall of Dexcom Glucose Monitoring systems
Leigh Day are investigating potential defects with Dexcom products and are currently representing a client who suffered injury following the use of the Dexcom G5TM Mobile/G4® Platinum CGM system.
'Why I am taking legal action against Matt Hancock over do not resuscitate orders'
Leigh Day client Kate Masters writes about her legal challenge to the government for failing using emergency powers to ensure that families understand how decisions are made about DNR orders amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Survivor of abuse at Shirley Oaks Children's Home awarded £125,000 by the Lambeth Redress Scheme
A 68-year-old woman has been awarded £125,000 by the Lambeth Children's Homes Redress Scheme for the abuse and cruelty she experienced at Shirley Oaks Children's Home during the 1950s and 60s.
Asbestos Lawyers Urged to Avoid Bannister v Freemans Approach
A Leigh Day lawyer successfully concluded a claim that likely wouldn't have succeeded if the court had followed a controversial ruling from a similar case.
The Nigerian communities who claim they have suffered years of oil pollution
Leigh Day is representing two Nigerian communities (the Ogale Community and the Bille Community), in claims against Shell's parent company, Royal Dutch Shell plc (RDS) and its Nigerian subsidiary, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC).
Supreme Court to hear Nigerian communities' pollution claims against Shell
More than 40,000 Nigerians from the Ogale and Bille Communities in the Niger Delta will take their legal fight against Shell to the UK Supreme Court on Tuesday, 23 June 2020.
Settlement secured for woman following stillbirth
A woman suffered a stillbirth and ended up in a coma in intensive care after intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) went undiagnosed despite risk factors being evident in a previous pregnancy.
Pregnant Then Screwed takes first step towards legal action
Campaigning charity Pregnant Then Screwed have written to the Chancellor to argue that the current Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) discriminates against women.
Babylon Health data breach
It has been reported that Babylon Health has suffered a data breach where users of the GP remote consultation service were able to access videos of other patients' appointments with their doctor.
Former claimants of Severe Disability Premium launch legal case for lost benefit income
A legal case has been launched by 275 severely disabled people over a claim for lost income under universal credit rules.
Settlement secured for woman after bowel surgery delay led to irreversible injury
A woman suffered serious complications after abdominal surgery was delayed so that she could be transferred to a hospital equipped to carry out a special blood transfusion which was inappropriate for her.