A widow whose husband fell eight storeys to his death while breaking up a supertanker in Bangladesh can pursue a negligence claim against Maran (UK), a British company involved in the ship’s …
Brutal deaths of exploited migrants shine a spotlight on Italy’s farms
Earlier this summer, as millions of Italians were locked down inside their homes, fruit and vegetables were left to rot in the fields despite the cost to the country’s economy. …
High Court grants IWGB permission to challenge gig economy health and safety legislation
The High Court has granted permission to the IWGB to proceed with a judicial review that could extend health and safety rights to hundreds of thousands of so-called ‘gig economy’ …
Complaint submitted to Dutch Agreement about C&A
“A group of leading labour rights groups have filed a complaint to the Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textiles claiming C&A has turned a blind eye to ongoing labour …
Hundreds protesting in Kyiv against new labor legislation
Representatives of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine gathered for a protest in the government neighborhood in central Kyiv on Tuesday against the adoption of new labor legislation. Several …
Holding The Powerful To Account (Webinar): Strategic Litigation in Europe
Leigh Day is pleased to invite you to the first of a series of webinars bringing together some of Europe’s leading legal practitioners, to discuss and share their knowledge and …
Meat plant must be held to account for Covid-19 outbreak, says German minister
The owners of Europe’s largest meat-processing plant must be held to account for a mass coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 1,500 of its workers, Germany’s labour minister has …
TASHKENT’S REFORMS HAVE NOT YET REACHED US: UNFINISHED WORK IN THE FIGHT AGAINST FORCED LABOR IN UZBEKISTAN’S 2019 COTTON HARVEST
“In just a few years, Uzbekistan has made significant, rapid progress toward the elimination of adult forced labor in the cotton harvest, following the elimination of child labor in 2014. …
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United Kingdom – “The Court of Justice of the European Union’s Order on B v Yodel Delivery Network
On 22 April 2020, the Eighth Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU, or the Court) made a reasoned order in response to a request for …