Author: Pete's Library
Khan v Meadows (Rev1) [2021] UKSC 21 (18 June 2021)
— Read on www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2021/21.html
https://1corqmlr.com/2021/07/28/supreme-court-revisits-wrongful-birth-claims/
Press Summary
— Read on www.supremecourt.uk/press-summary/uksc-2019-0011.html
What has the pandemic done to medical negligence and prospects for reform? Melanie Newman reports.
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/features/battle-fatigue/5109347.article
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U.K. military watch: in Colombia
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FTP Dawn Butler MP
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Coronavirus: vaccines reduce death
Toka advertised itself as “a one-stop hacking shop for governments that require extra capability to fight terrorists and other threats to national security in the digital domain.”
— Read on www.mintpressnews.com/meet-toka-the-most-dangerous-israeli-spyware-firm-youve-never-heard-of/278020/
Under a consultation run by Priti Patel’s Home Office, reporters who handle leaked documents would not have a defence if charged under new laws clamping down on foreign agents.
— Read on www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9806517/Journalists-face-14-years-prison-embarrassing-Government-proposed-law-change.html
Exclusive: officers in England no longer have to verify whether new arrivals have received a negative Covid test
— Read on amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/20/border-officials-told-not-to-make-covid-checks-on-green-and-amber-list-arrivals
Israeli PM: Ben & Jerry’s sales ban will have ‘serious consequences’
— Read on www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/20/israel-pm-aggressive-action-ben-jerrys-ban-ice-cream-naftali-bennett-occupied-territories-unilever
In allowing mass infection, Boris Johnson’s government is pursuing a strategy that will lead to avoidable deaths and long term illness,
— Read on blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/07/15/governments-plan-recklessly-exposes-millions-in-the-uk-to-infection-when-they-could-be-vaccinated/
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Coronavirus: China
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Coronavirus: Dingwell’s view
know of no episode in history where a government has willingly aided and abetted the spread of a dangerous infectious disease among its own population
— Read on www.newstatesman.com/politics/2021/07/why-uk-s-new-covid-19-strategy-uniquely-dangerous
Judicial Review and Courts Bill will be introduced to parliament this week.
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/judges-starting-to-show-restraint-on-jrs-says-lord-chancellor/5109278.article
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Brexit: supermarkets
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Coronavirus: ventilation tool
(Listen to last week’s all the citizens webinar)
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USA police watch: LA
SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 Delta variant emergence, replication and immune evasion
— Read on www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.08.443253v4
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Coronavirus: which test
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USA: police watch
Special measures will be kept in custody suites and face masks will be required in communal parts of court buildings.
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/were-being-careful-hmcts-reassures-court-users-ahead-of-freedom-day/5109244.article
High Court grants damages and ancillary relief after claims for libel, harassment and data protection breach.
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/unknown-blogger-liable-for-70000-over-metoo-posts/5109249.article
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US police watch: Detroit
Allowing mass infections now is a terrible idea, even with so many vaccinated, says Christina Pagel, director of UCL’s Clinical Operational Research Unit
— Read on amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/13/covid-numbers-england-freedom-day-dont-add-up-strain-nhs
CJC report ‘opens the door to a significant shift’, says Sir Geoffrey Vos.
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/practice/master-of-the-rolls-gives-green-light-to-mandatory-adr/5109184.article
Judge critical of international firm which has billed £345,000 since October.
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/tardy-defendant-allowed-to-fight-101m-case-by-skin-of-his-teeth/5109192.article
It is not uncommon in clinical negligence cases for clients to seek legal advice a number of years after the potential negligence has occurred. This can be for a combination of reasons. For example, clients may have had no reason to suspect any negligence until some time later and the impact of the negligence and/or injury may only have become apparent much later on.
— Read on www.penningtonslaw.com/news-publications/latest-news/2021/azam-v-university-hospital-birmingham-nhs-foundation-trust-a-defendant-must-produce-evidence-of-likely-prejudice-to-successfully-oppose-an-application-for-section-33-discretion-to-bring-a-claim-out-of-time#:~:text=The%20recent%20case%20of%20Azam%20v%20University%20Hospital,obligation%20to%20evidence%20likely%20prejudice%20on%20the%20defendant.
Lump sum awards for future loss of earnings
In Irani -v- Duchon [2019] EWCA Civ 1846
— Read on www.hilldickinson.com/insights/articles/lump-sum-awards-future-loss-earnings
Introducing new claims after the expiry of limitation: the facts have got to be ‘in issue
— Read on www.hilldickinson.com/insights/articles/introducing-new-claims-after-expiry-limitation-facts-have-got-be-‘-issue’
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Coronavirus: masks
Norway to pay compensation for AstraZeneca side effects
— Read on www.rt.com/news/528174-norway-astrazeneca-vaccine-compensations/
GOV.UK Coronavirus dashboard
— Read on coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/interactive-map/cases
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Coronavirus: north east variant
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Anti-Palestinian racism 🇵🇸
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/
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Boris Johnson population control
Met Police should release information on British WikiLeaks journalists passed to US, tribunal told
— Read on www.computerweekly.com/news/252503761/Met-Police-should-release-information-on-British-WikiLeaks-journalists-passed-to-US-tribunal-told
Farid al-Atrash
— Read on www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/4/israel-arrests-palestinian-rights-lawyer-after-anti-abbas-protest
RCEM: “We have a serious problem in Urgent & Emergency Care”
— Read on www.rcem.ac.uk/RCEM/News/News_2021/RCEM_serious_problem_in_Emergency_Care.aspx
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BDS #Boycott Puma
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#BDS #Boycott Puma
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U.K. police watch: Leicestershire
A Vaccine Damage Payment is a one-off tax-free payment of £120,000 if you’re severely disabled as a result of vaccination against certain diseases – what you’ll get, eligibility and applying
Civil procedure.
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/legal-updates/accepting-part-36-offers-after-21-days/5109047.article
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Miners’ pensions
COVID-19: Moderna and Pfizer coronavirus vaccines linked to mild heart inflammation but benefits still outweigh risks
— Read on news.sky.com/story/covid-19-moderna-and-pfizer-coronavirus-vaccines-linked-to-mild-heart-inflammation-but-benefits-still-outweigh-risks-12352560
The evidence overwhelmingly suggests that wearing a mask reduced transmissions of COVID-19. Here are the studies that prove it.
— Read on news.sky.com/story/covid-19-what-does-the-science-actually-say-about-face-masks-12349337
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Afghanistan
Unite general secretary candidate Howard Beckett has opponents worried, if the level of the smears thrown at him by both Establishment media and supporters of other candidates. Skwawkbox already showed Beckett dismantling the smear that he intends to wind down the union’s unique ‘Community’ section – when in fact he plans to build it up…
— Read on skwawkbox.org/2021/04/27/video-beckett-takes-on-the-smears-1-making-money-from-miners-compensation/
A TYNESIDE legal firm has been criticised by industry watchdogs for its part in wrongly deducting cash from thousands of damages pay-outs won by sick miners.
— Read on www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/lawyers-rapped-taking-sick-miners-1423644
mineworkers’ compensation scheme
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/analysis/controversy-continues-over-miners-claims/51890.article
Government’s Mass Infection Plan
Pushed by Great Barrington Declaration Lobbying Effort to End COVID Protections
— Read on bylinetimes.com/2021/07/08/governments-mass-infection-plan-pushed-by-great-barrington-declaration-lobbying-effort-to-end-covid-protections/
