Richard Meeran is a Partner at human rights law firm Leigh Day since 1991. Richard successfully pioneered claims against multinationals, Cape PLC for 7,500 South African asbestos victims, Thor Chemicals for South African workers poisoned by mercury, Monterrico Metals Plc for indigenous Peruvian torture victims and Anglo American South Africa for gold miners with silicosis. In 2002 he was the Liberty/Justice Human Rights Lawyer of the Year.