Author: Pete's Library
Being proved wrong lies at the heart of scientific progress. Here, experts reveal what they got wrong during the pandemic
— Read on www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/04/i-didnt-think-vaccines-would-work-scientists-admit-their-covid-mistakes
Coronavirus: PPE contracts
Patrick West: COVID-19 and PPE: date for “guilty knowledge” – St John’s Chambers
— Read on www.stjohnschambers.co.uk/news/patrick-west-covid-19-and-ppe-date-for-guilty-knowledge
Justice minister explains why it should be enshrined in legislation
— Read on rozenberg.substack.com/p/is-jury-trial-at-risk
Strikes over pay or conditions will not generally involve ‘extraordinary circumstances’, Court of Appeal rules.
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/strikes-not-extraordinary-circumstances-for-cancelled-flights-coa-rules/5111386.article
BC Legal Ltd is a new boutique law firm specialising exclusively in defendant occupational disease litigation.
— Read on www.bc-legal.co.uk/bcdn/712-252-effect-of-issuing-a-part-8-claim-form-on-the-limitation-period-for-service-of-the-claim-form-grant-v-dawn-meats-2018-ewca-civ-2212.html
Palestine 🇵🇸: Amnesty International
twitter.com/pal_action/status/1488963938423390217
Footnote : the above was prepared contemporaneously and given the vote today, 2 July, I must make it clear that nothing here should be interpreted as showing support for Palestine Action in any way.
Palestine 🇵🇸; Shahd; UCU
Nuisance calls
Housing Disrepair: an Introduction
Online Recruitment magazine for HR Directors, Personnel Managers, Job Boards and Recruiters with information on the internet recruitment industry
— Read on www.onrec.com/news/news-archive/employment-appeal-tribunal-sets-out-further-conditions-where-leave-may-be-carried-
Statutory Right to time off, Number of holidays permitted by companies and statutory minimum, Does an employee have to request for time off from their employer, Notice, So as an employer I can reject last minute holiday requests, is this the case even at the end of the year
— Read on www.inbrief.co.uk/employees/last-minute-holiday-requests/
Venezuela 🇻🇪: UK’s policy
Parkinson Disease | Medscape
Parkinson Disease : Parkinson Disease diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up are far from straightforward in this rapidly changing field.
— Read on www.medscape.com/resource/parkinsons
Coronavirus: unreliable ONS figures
Gatherings ‘difficult to justify’
But will the prime minister be held to account?Joshua Rozenberg
52 min ago5
— Read on rozenberg.substack.com/p/gatherings-difficult-to-justify
Costs limit would apply to most claims worth up to £25,000, long-awaited consultation document states.
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/breaking-government-proposes-fixed-costs-for-clinical-negligence-claims/5111342.article
Coronavirus: Japan’s response
Starmer’s tribute to Bloody Sunday ignored the British state’s responsibility for the murders. But that’s of little surprise.
— Read on www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2022/01/30/keir-starmer-just-betrayed-the-bloody-sunday-victims/
Coronavirus: stringency index
Palestine 🇵🇸: BDS; USA; Texas
NHS privatisation
Lung abnormalities found in long COVID patients with breathlessness
— Read on www.nihr.ac.uk/news/lung-abnormalities-found-in-long-covid-patients-with-breathlessness/29798
Police watch: USA; Nashville
Politician watch: Nadhim al-Zahawi
COVID-19 will continue but the end of the pandemic is near – The Lancet
— Read on www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00100-3/fulltext
Omicron severity: milder but not mild
— Read on www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00056-3/fulltext
Energy security
Highway Code – changes 2022
Human Rights abuses: Egypt 🇪🇬
The Forde Report – delay
Met apologises to woman for ‘sexist, derogatory’ language in strip-search
— Read on www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/24/met-apologises-to-academic-for-sexist-derogatory-language
Starmer; war monger; Ukraine
The expansion of NATO
Julian Assange granted permission to seek extradition appeal at Supreme Court
— Read on news.sky.com/story/julian-assange-granted-permission-to-seek-extradition-appeal-at-supreme-court-12524225
https://twitter.com/deacampaign/status/1485597551705403393?s=21
https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/julian-assange-obtains-certificate-go-supreme-court
Para 47 – Claimants can get a false sense of security after obtaining an Order ex parte.
If a Defendant is to argue that service has not taken place then they should dispute jurisdiction.
Hoddinott & Ors v Persimmon Homes (Wessex) Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 1203 (21 November 2007)
— Read on www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2007/1203.html
In ABC & Ord v The London Borough of Lambeth [2021] EWHC 2057 (QB), the court answers the question as to when proceedings are commenced using the Electronic Working System
— Read on professionalnegligenceclaimsolicitors.co.uk/high-court-issuing-claim-close-to-limitation-should-be-avoided-second-opinion-advice/
Yemen war: Britain’s involvement
Collateral Murder (wiki leaks)
Coronavirus: masks in schools
Did UK Gov Admit That Vaccines Damage Immune System?
— Read on www.techarp.com/science/uk-gov-vaccines-immune-system/
Coronavirus: brain fog
Covid rules: Millions of clinically extremely vulnerable people advised to follow guidance after Plan B ends
— Read on inews.co.uk/news/covid-rules-clinically-extremely-vulnerable-people-advised-to-follow-guidance-after-plan-b-ends-1416356
Ukraine: Stop the War statement
Chinese rights lawyer Xie Yang detained for ‘inciting state subversion’ – Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
— Read on hongkongfp.com/2022/01/19/chinese-rights-lawyer-xie-yang-detained-for-inciting-state-subversion/
The findings provide more evidence that wastewater surveillance can serve as an early warning system about the spread of new variants.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/health/nyc-omicron-wasteweater.html
Boris Johnson’s easing of restrictions is in stark contrast to what other countries are doing to control Omicron, says Claire Horwell of Durham University
— Read on www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/20/covid-england-mask-boris-johnson-omicron
Chell v Tarmac – Vicarious Liability
— Read on www.ropewalk.co.uk/knowledge-sharing/news/1817/chell-v-tarmac-vicarious-liability–patrick-limb-qc-and-andrew-lyons-successfully-defend-appeal
Who Can Claim? The Court of Appeal Reviews the Law Relating to Secondary Victims in Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
— Read on www.ropewalk.co.uk/knowledge-sharing/blog/personal-injury/1867/who-can-claim-the-court-of-appeal-reviews-the-law-relating-to-secondary-victims-in-paul-v-royal-wolverhampton-nhs-trust
Julian Assange granted permission to seek extradition appeal at Supreme Court