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The law was to deal with the overcrowding issue in prisons but I am concerned that they have insufficiently considered the impact on abuse survivors and the risk posed to society. Two of my clients have recently been informed that their abusers are most certainly to be released due to the Sentencing Act 2026 and this has caused them significant trauma.

Next year will be a decade since the country became aware that thousands of people who had settled in the UK in the wave of migration known as Windrush had been systemically treated as though they had no right to be in the UK and had been removed, deported, prevented from returning or denied employment and access to the rights of British citizens. Although successive governments have acknowledged the scandal, justice for those affected continues to be delayed and too often denied.

Judith “Judy” Boughtflower, 76, is a wife and mother of two who lives in Litcham , Norfolk. She volunteered and worked as a special education assistant at Great Ellingham School in Attleborough from 1978 to 1997. There is no suggestion Great Ellingham Primary School currently poses any asbestos-related risk to pupils, staff or visitors. Judy recalls maintenance work taking place in the school's main hall during her time there.

The allegations relate to the conduct of Charles Johnson, who was previously convicted of abuse in 2017, and Paul Waters, who were teachers at the school and have since died. The alleged abuse is understood to have taken place over a number of years and may have impacted multiple people who were school pupils at the time.

For Ford, Renault and Nissan, the judge found that the defeat devices did not meet the definition of a PDD and therefore did not breach Emissions Regulations. The judgment creates a significant divergence between the legal position in Great Britain and much of Europe.

Concluding the inquest at Croydon Coroner’s Court, HM Assistant Coroner Adela Williams found that Gambling Disorder was part of the medical cause of Gareth’s death and that a lack of intervention in Gareth’s gambling by the operator William Hill contributed to his death. The inquest heard that Gareth had longstanding problems with gambling, which his family first became aware of in 2013.

The Chesterfield office was opened in July 2017 and is led by partner Katrina Rowan who is an asbestos and mesothelioma claims lawyer. Katrina joined Leigh Day as a Partner in 2026 having worked for a national law firm for over 21 years where she specialised in asbestos claims. The office was set up to advise residents of Chesterfield and the East Midlands who have contracted asbestos-related industrial diseases such as mesothelioma or lung cancer.

The allegations by 30 people living near the North Mara mine include claims of killings, gunshot injuries and torture in incidents alleged to have taken place between December 2022 and March 2024, some involving children. The latest claimants follow the families of two artisanal miners who were killed while prospecting for gold at the mine in 2019 who filed their legal claim in 2022. Both were 23 years old at the time of their deaths.

Anthony Brown, also known as Tony, worked as a glass blower in the 1960s at Fisons Scientific Apparatus Ltd in Loughborough, where he believes he may have been exposed to asbestos. While employed there from 1962 to 1968, Anthony worked in the factory making glass toppers for scientific test tubes. He says this involved him heating the toppers with Bunsen burners, requiring him to wear heatproof gloves which, at the time, often used asbestos as an insulating material.

The World Cup round of 16 is underway, and we are hoping that football will return to its rightful home. With all the excitement, match safety is not necessarily at the forefront of the mind for travelling fans. However, history shows that things can go wrong. Following the 2022 Champions League Final in Paris, serious crowd management failures led to widespread disruption and injury.