2026 News

A leading medical negligence lawyer has said the publication of the Ockenden review into Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust must be a turning point for maternity care in England, warning that families are still experiencing many of the same failings exposed in maternity investigations over the past decade.

The High Court has ruled that a trial should be held in May 2028 to consider a legal claim by more than 1700 Malawian villagers against Primark owner Associated British Foods plc (ABF), following flooding that destroyed their village and left five adults and two children dead.

People have until the August Bank Holiday to join a group legal action over pollution in the rivers Wye, Lugg and Usk, the largest environmental pollution claim of its kind in the UK.

Medical negligence partner Sanja Strkljevic told leading clinicians, researchers, policymakers and journalists that patient safety must remain at the heart of efforts to improve maternity care as she addressed the Medical Journalists' Association (MJA) Symposium 2026.

South Tyneside social workers missed opportunities to assess the capacity of an 84-year-old man who died after a fire at the South Shields bungalow where he lived alone, a coroner said as part of a narrative conclusion at inquest.

Leigh Day environment and public law team partner Ricardo Gama has been named in this year’s ENDS Report Power List, which names 100 of the most influential environmental professionals and campaigners in the UK.

Human rights lawyers at Leigh Day have been named runners-up in the Best Use of Law category at the 2026 National Campaigner Awards, hosted by the Sheila McKechnie Foundation (SMK), for its legal work helping to secure a reversal by Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) in significant academic freedom case.

A British Jordanian NHS doctor bringing discrimination and harassment claims after he was suspended from his job at the Royal Free Hospital in London following a complaint about his social media posts relating to the treatment of Palestinians in Gaza will have his case heard at the London Central Employment Tribunal from 15 June 2026.

A community organisation in Grenada has put the country’s Planning and Development Authority on notice of potential legal action over the approval and ongoing construction of a major industrial development in Woodford, St John.

Families affected by the abuse of children by Vincent Chan at a Bright Horizons nursery in London have begun a legal challenge against Camden Council over its refusal to investigate whether the nursery group breached health and safety legislation.

Medical negligence and product safety lawyers have warned small differences between medical devices can lead to serious complications, following urgent advice from the UK’s medicines regulator on intravenous (IV) infusions.

A man from Kent has received a six-figure sum after King’s College Hospital NHS Trust admitted liability for delays in diagnosing his tongue cancer.