Public and Commercial Services Union says it will consider an industrial response if HMCTS ignores its demands.
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/union-lashes-out-at-business-as-usual-courts/5106980.article
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A law firm and the barrister it instructed were pursued for negligence by a former client.
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/barrister-ordered-to-cover-40-of-firms-negligence-payout-/5107006.article
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Data protection: ICO
What are the consequences of a failure to serve medical evidence with the Particulars of Claim? This question was considered by the High Court in its recent judgment in Mark v Universal Coatings and Services Limited.
— Read on www.dacbeachcroft.com/en/gb/articles/2019/january/is-the-service-of-medical-evidence-with-proceedings-mandatory/
Teacher coronavirus infections are far outstripping local averages, figures from three local authorities obtained by the NASUWT reveal
— Read on www.tes.com/news/exclusive-coronavirus-schools-teacher-covid-rates-333-above-average
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Coronavirus: Coshh Regs chart
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Legal costs: consultation
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Strike Map U.K.
A screen shot taken of a remote hearing must be deleted by anyone who has it, a Chancery Division master has ordered.
— Read on www.litigationfutures.com/news/master-orders-deletion-of-screen-shot-from-remote-hearing
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Coronavirus: the law v guidance
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Coronavirus: sceptics
British experts call for wealth tax as elite 1% owns quarter of UK wealth
— Read on www.rt.com/business/511404-uk-percent-quarter-wealth/amp/
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Coronavirus: return to schools
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Coronavirus: Moderna
Pfizer warns there is NO proof its Covid jab works when doses are taken 12 weeks apart as UK regulator scraps 21-day rule in desperate attempt to get millions more vaccinated
— Read on www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9099049/amp/Questions-Britains-decision-drop-two-dose-vaccine-regimen.html
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Coronavirus: the Oxford vaccine
Loujain al-Hathloul: Saudi woman activist jailed for five years
— Read on www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-middle-east-55467414
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Coronavirus in Russia
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Coronavirus: Ventilation (Hazards)
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Coronavirus Statistics
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Coronavirus: schools: statistics
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Brexit deal
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Death penalty in the U.K.
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“Flood” claims by Peter Hall
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Service of Defence by email
How can the coronavirus spread through bathroom pipes in Hong Kong? – CNN
— Read on amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/02/12/asia/hong-kong-coronavirus-pipes-intl-hnk/index.html
with higher risk of hospitalization than seasonal influenza?
— Read on blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/12/16/ziyad-al-aly-is-covid-19-associated-with-higher-risk-of-hospitalization-than-seasonal-influenza/
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Tier 4 lockdown
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Ugur Sahin
The post-first world war flu outbreak also came in waves and led to school closures and face-mask rows
We need to make the case against a Tory military spending spree and for investment to tackle the real threats our communities face, argues RICHARD BURGON MP
— Read on morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/lets-push-investment-welfare-not-warfare
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Coronavirus: long-COVID-19
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As of the 16 December, 249 claims have been assessed and confirmed eligible, of which 135 have been paid and 114 have been accepted for payment pending proof of probate from the claimant.
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Solicitors’ mistake not a good reason to grant relief where claim was filed but not served.
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/unsealed-claim-forms-not-good-service-high-court-rules/5106804.article
Claims for compensation after being infected with Covid “appear to be gathering some momentum” amid an increase in claims farming activity.
— Read on www.litigationfutures.com/news/covid-related-claims-gaining-momentum-warns-defendant-firm
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UNICEF feeding children in the U.K.
El Pais has an interesting visualisation of how aerosol transmission works in indoor settings. It’s one of those things that you read and then wish you hadn’
— Read on jamiesnotes.com/blog/2020/10/aerosol-transmission-of-covid-19-in-indoor-settings/.
Tim Crosland said he leaked the Supreme Court’s judgment ‘as an act of civil disobedience’.
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/barrister-faces-action-for-breach-of-heathrow-judgment-embargo/5106814.article
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Insurance: fire damage (Peter Hall)
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Coronavirus: Vietnam
Last week I wrote about the defendant’s unsuccessful appeal in Azam v University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 3384 (QB). I have been sent a copy of the initial judgment of HHJ Rawlings (2nd September 2019), by barrister John Coughlan. This judgment makes interesting reading, particularly on the date of knowledge. Azam-Approved Judgment -…
— Read on www.civillitigationbrief.com/2020/12/14/azam-v-university-hospital-birmingham-nhs-foundation-the-judgment-at-first-instance-the-date-of-knowledge-in-a-clinical-negligence-case/
Lateral flow tests cannot rule out SARS-CoV-2 infection | The BMJ
— Read on www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4787
The British Establishment’s Forever War Against Jeremy Corbyn
— Read on jacobinmag.com/2020/12/jeremy-corbyn-echr-report-antisemitism-labour-party-uk
Editorial from The New England Journal of Medicine — SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination — An Ounce (Actually, Much Less) of Prevention
— Read on www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2034717
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George Galloway
Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK – The Lancet
— Read on www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32661-1/fulltext
Britain’s medicine regulator warned people with significant allergies not to get Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine after two people suffered adverse reactions, but was set to give more detailed guidance on Wednesday based on reviews of those cases.
— Read on mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN28J1D1
Covid-19 latest updates from Greater Manchester, the UK and world
— Read on www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/coronavirus-live-updates-uk-vaccine-19417347
Open Letter to Labour’s National Executive Committee – Freedom of Speech is a Right not a Privilege and it is not in the gift of Starmer’s Glove Puppet David Evans – Tony Greenstein
— Read on tonygreenstein.com/2020/12/open-letter-to-labours-national-executive-committee-freedom-of-speech-is-a-right-not-a-privilege-and-it-is-not-in-the-gift-of-starmers-glove-puppet-david-evans/
PI Brief Update for personal injury law news UK.
— Read on www.pibriefupdate.com/content/pibulj-sec/2709-is-there-a-fourth-way-to-assess-future-loss-of-earnings-geoff-owen-greenwoods-solicitors
Smith v Manchester awards – when they are appropriate. Guidance as to the award for ‘disadvantage on the open labour market’
— Read on jimhester.me/2020/07/smith-v-manchester-awards-part-one-when-are-they-appropriate/
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