Author: Pete's Library
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): How is it transmitted
— Read on www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-how-is-it-transmitted
FTP Malcolm X
“Kill the Bill” London 01/05/2021
U.K. police watch: Met Police
Given Covid-19 I am struggling to serve the claim form and the defendant will not agree to service by email. Can I just serve it by email and then rely | Hardwicke
— Read on hardwicke.co.uk/service-of-claim-form-by-email-for-covid-19-related-reason/.
The Claimant brought an action for personal injuries.
— Read on www.brownejacobson.com/insurance/training-and-resources/legal-updates/2003/07/lucas-v-barking-havering-and-redbridge-hospitals-nhs-trust-court-of-appeal-23rd-july-2003
Chief Coroner’s Guidance, Advice and Law Sheets
— Read on www.judiciary.uk/related-offices-and-bodies/office-chief-coroner/guidance-law-sheets/coroners-guidance/
COVID-19: guidance for ambulance services – GOV.UK
— Read on www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-ambulance-trusts/covid-19-guidance-for-ambulance-trusts
Coronavirus (COVID-19): personal protective equipment (PPE) hub
— Read on www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-personal-protective-equipment-ppe
Iran: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Smart Motorways Kill
d vaccine efficacy for variants of concern. She shared unknowns such as the fact that some variants can cause reinfection, but we do not have enough data to confirm the extent of this. Some variants (E484K, L452R) seem to reduce vaccine efficacy and pre-existing natural immunity, so we do not know whether
— Read on blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/04/21/covid-19-new-variants-known-unknowns/
Wandsworth BC v HMC for Inner West London [2021] EWHC 801 (Admin)
— Read on ukhumanrightsblog.com/2021/04/22/testing-the-boundaries-of-causation-in-mesothelioma-deaths/amp/
Toilet breaks
USA police watch: Virginia
Six activists are acquitted of causing criminal damage despite a judge saying they had “no defence”.
— Read on www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-56853979.amp
Axa Insurance UK Plc v Reid (Rev 1) [2021] EWHC 993 (QB) (21 April 2021)
— Read on www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2021/993.html
Addison Lee Ltd v Lange & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 594 (22 April 2021)
— Read on www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2021/594.html
Law firms are not being held to account for “toxic” work cultures, particularly where there is a lot of pressure on young lawyers.
— Read on www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/law-firms-not-being-held-to-account-for-toxic-cultures
Human rights and fair access to COVID-19 vaccines: the International AIDS Society–Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights – The Lancet
— Read on www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00708-X/fulltext
Coronavirus: school trials
High Court says it would be unjust to approve the settlement accepted ‘somewhat hastily’.
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/defendant-contests-part-36-offer-accepted-on-the-day-claimant-died/5108222.article
Coronavirus: COVID-19 and obesity
20/04/2021 13:45:00
— Read on committees.parliament.uk/event/4134/formal-meeting/
The case is being brought on behalf of millions of children by England’s former children’s commissioner.
— Read on www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56815480
City watchdog flags up platforms such as YouTube and TikTok in promoting investments to inexperienced consumers
— Read on www.theguardian.com/business/2021/apr/20/city-watchdog-warns-social-media-over-investment-offers
USA police watch: Minneapolis
Covid-19: Lateral flow tests in care homes failed to stop outbreaks, finds study | The BMJ
— Read on www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n1025
Get free access to the complete judgment in Ministry of Defence v Wood on CaseMine.
— Read on www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5a8ff71160d03e7f57ea7110
Coronavirus: caught on a flight?
Airborne transmission of covid-19
— Read on www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3206
New COVID variants have changed the game, and vaccines will not be enough. We need global ‘maximum suppression’
— Read on theconversation.com/amp/new-covid-variants-have-changed-the-game-and-vaccines-will-not-be-enough-we-need-global-maximum-suppression-157870
Call for inquiry into teacher Covid infections
— Read on www.tes.com/news/call-inquiry-teacher-covid-infections
Basic routes of transmission of respiratory pathogens—A new proposal for transmission categorization based on respiratory spray, inhalation, and touch
— Read on onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ina.12786
Airborne Transmission of SARS CoV 2 A Virtual Workshop | National Academies
— Read on www.nationalacademies.org/event/08-26-2020/airborne-transmission-of-sars-cov-2-a-virtual-workshop
Functional autoantibodies against G-protein coupled receptors in patients with persistent post-COVID-19 symptoms
— Read on www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589909021000204
“Kill the Bill” Bristol 17/04/21
“Kill the Bill” London 17/09/21
“Kill the Bill” injured protesters
Medicine: Atrial fibrillation
Attacks on Unite| Daily Mail
Howard Beckett, the hard-left Unite general secretary candidate, is a vociferous proponent of imposing a wealth tax and railed against the stamp duty cut for benefiting people buying second homes.
— Read on www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9451259/Red-Len-ally-backs-wealth-tax-property-millionaire.html
FTP: Palestine Action 🇵🇸
twitter.com/melmaazi/status/1383085628955443200
https://twitter.com/lowkey0nline/status/1454827425741873155?s=21
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.
Coronavirus: B.1.617 variant
U.K. police watch: Merseyside
USA police watch: Minnesota
Long covid statistics
Long haul – Tortoise
— Read on www.tortoisemedia.com/2020/09/21/200921-long-covid-long-haul-audio/
Covid-19: Ivermectin’s politicisation is a warning sign for doctors turning to orphan treatments | The BMJ
— Read on www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n747
Coronavirus: herd immunity
“Kill the Bill” Bristol 03/04/21
At the end of last year, a crack team of British scientists discovered a new coronavirus strain that would spread across the world. As new variants emerge, can they keep them at bay?
— Read on amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/03/has-everyone-in-kent-gone-to-illegal-rave-on-variant-trail-with-covid-detectives
Two protesters claimed they were subject to terrifying ordeals at the hands of male officers pretending to be postal workers
— Read on amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/03/womens-anger-at-abuse-of-power-during-bristol-police-raids
Leaked briefing provides a snapshot of a new police unit that’s spying on protesters
— Read on www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2021/04/03/leaked-briefing-provides-a-snapshot-of-a-new-police-unit-thats-spying-on-protesters/amp/