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The environmental team at Leigh Day exclusively focuses on representing claimants in matters ranging from multi-party actions, in jurisdictions where legal representation is difficult to come by, often arising from environmental damage; to UK and European public law challenges regarding climate change and human rights; to UK-based litigation in relation to breaches of environmental regulations, defending clients against such well-known corporations as Shell. Martyn Day specialises in international work.  Daniel Leader has a notable focus on complex, multi-party, cross-jurisdictional action work. Richard Meeran, who has particular experience handling disputes in South Africa, and planning specialist Jamie Beagent co-head the practice. Tessa Gregory is a litigator who stands out for her expertise in wildlife and habitat protection-related work in relation to the planning and development of infrastructure which threatens it, experienced associate solicitor Carol Day also has expertise in this area. Key associates in the team include Rowan Smith, who is adept at handling climate change work.

Sally Moore oversees the personal injury offering at Leigh Day, alongside head of international law Richard Meeran, and joint heads of industrial disease Harminder Bains and Daniel Easton. The collaboration between the international and personal injury teams compliments the wider firm’s human rights focus, an area in which Martyn Day and Sapna Malik are recognised experts; recent highlights in this space include an action involving allegations of forced labour and abuse of migrant workers in Malaysia. Additionally, the team has expertise in food allergy cases, spearheaded by Michelle Victor. The team also specialises in catastrophic injury cases, sitting on the legal panels of a number of hospital major trauma centres, as well as providing services to the British Cycling Federation and British Triathlon Association – senior associate Rory McCarron is the key name to note for such work. The asbestos and industrial disease team acts both on specific claims, including those involving mesothelioma victims, and wider issues affecting those impacted by asbestos-related diseases, including advising on proposed changes to the law. Ewan Tant is also recommended.

Praised by clients as ‘excellent litigators who understand the technicalities and have exceptional know-how‘, Leigh Day‘s highly experienced team regularly handles high-profile class actions across a host of sectors. Key names to note include heavyweight litigator Martyn Day and Shazia Yamin, an ‘extraordinary solicitor and partner‘ with ‘an excellent eye for detail.’

The team at Leigh Day specialises in product safety and consumer law with a focus on large group settlement and class actions. Emerging areas of product liability involve cases relating to robotics and artificial intelligence. The team is co-led by Gene Matthews , who focuses on product safety and data breaches and Michelle Victor , who handles liability claims involving faulty medical devices. Senior partner Martyn Day is a vastly experienced name in the space. Jill Paterson  is active on the personal injury side while Thomas Jervis, and Shazia Yamin are key names. Tina Patel was promoted to partner in April 2022.