Next week on Home and Away in the UK, as Leah, Roo, Marilyn and Kirby join forces against Mali’s ad agency, their actions see Leah arrested.

The ladies of Summer Bay band together next week to support Kirby (Angelina Thomson), in her fight for justice against the ad agency who manipulated her photo.

Kirby had originally enlisted the Contact Advertising agency to put together a promotional campaign for Manta Ray Boards.

However, after Kirby and Mali (Kyle Shilling) took part in a photoshoot for the campaign, and approved the final photos, they were horrified to find that they had altered Kirby’s appearance on the finished posters.

Kirby’s skin had been lightened, tattoo removed, and her body slimmed down.

When Mali contacted the agency to demand they reinstate the original photos, they promised to do so, and went on to explain that the changes were made in response to their research, which suggests “demographics respond better to this aesthetic“.

Kirby, who is half Cook Island Māori on her mum’s side, immediately took that to mean ‘women with lighter skin’.

The incident put a massive dent in Kirby’s confidence, feeling self-conscious whilst posing for a picture with her fellow bandmates, and going on to quit her job at the board shop after feeling uncomfortable with one of the students filming their surfing lesson.

Meanwhile, the agency’s promises ended up coming to nothing, as they insisted on charging Mali for the additional work, fixing the changes they’d made without permission.

Left with a bad taste in his mouth over the whole affair, Mali decided to take the hit and cancelled the entire campaign.

A pep talk from Theo (Matt Evans) saw Kirby start to work through her issue, and Mali agreed to ease her back into taking classes at the board shop.

It seemed the whole sorry saga was over until this week, when Kirby was furious to find that the Contact agency had used their manipulated photo of her as part of a showcase of their work on social media.

Kirby immediately got in touch with the agency, who pointed out to her that a clause in their contract allowed them to use any work they produced to promote their own brand.

With nothing she could do from a legal perspective, Kirby shared her frustration with Leah (Ada Nicodemou) and Marilyn (Emily Symons), who agreed to help her fight against the agency. What could possibly go wrong?

Well, Leah and Marilyn are perhaps the experts in failed plans to get justice…