In this post, Anna Walsh (Partner) and Nicole Ellerby (Associate) in CMS’ medical malpractice team considered the awaited decision from the Supreme Court in the Scottish case of McCulloch and Ors v Forth Valley Health Board [2021] CSHI 21.

Overview

The appeal of the decision in McCulloch and Ors v Forth Valley Health Board [2021] CSIH 21 was heard by the Supreme Court on 10 May 2023. The issues appealed to the Supreme Court concern the legal test to be applied when determining whether an alternative course of treatment is reasonable in addition to whether the courts erred in their

CALL FOR PAPERS

ILPC Annual Conference 2023 – Human in the Machine: Digital Rights and AI

We are pleased to announce this call for papers for the Information Law and Policy Centre’s 8^th Annual Conference on 23-24 November 2023 hosted by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) and supported by the School of Advanced Studies (SAS) and Bloomsbury’s Communications Law. You can read about our previous annual events here.

We are looking for high quality contributions that explore the impact of policymaking on human-data interaction, automated and self-learning systems, including generative AI, that are used across

Multiple news outlets reported Tuesday that the mother-in-law, father-in-law and an 11-year-old nephew of Jimmie Johnson were killed Monday night during a shooting in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Fox 23 News of Tulsa, Oklahoma, reported that Muskogee police are investigating the deaths of Terry, Jack and Dalton Chanway as a possible murder-suicide.

Jack Janway is a chiropractor in Muskogee. He and Terry Janway are the parents of Chandra Johnson, who is Jimmie Johnson’s wife of the past 19 years and grew up in Muskogee.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the entry list for Sunday’s inaugural Chicago Street Race includes Johnson

Human remains have been discovered in the region where actor Julian Sands missing went this past January.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s office shared the news last night, June 24, reporting that hikers in the Mt. Baldy Wilderness Area had found the remains earlier that day, contacting law enforcement officials around 10 am

The remains were transported to the coroner’s office and are pending identification, which the department expects to be completed sometime next week.

The announcement offered no other details, such as the exact location or condition of the deceased. Once identified, officials will update the pre-existing press

This appeal relates to the interpretation of the Immigration Rules, in particular the Tier 1 (Investor) Migrant regime (as in force in December 2017 – it has since been closed). This regime was designed to grant leave to remain to high-net-worth individuals making a substantial financial contribution to the UK. To qualify individuals were required to have £1 million (of either their own money or money borrowed from a UK-regulated financial institution) under their control in the UK. They must also have invested at least £750,000 of such sum in the UK through UK Government bonds or in shares in

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge says Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional.

In a 70-page ruling handed down late Friday night, US District Judge Thomas Parker wrote that the law was both “unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad.” He also added that the statute encouraged “discriminatory enforcement.”

“There is no question that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment. But there is a difference between material that is ‘obscene’ in the

On Wednesday 3^rd and Thursday 4^th may the Court will hear the case of R (on the application of Imam) v London Borough of Croydon, on appeal from [2022] EWCA Civ 601. The Court will consider when should a mandatory order against a local housing authority be made to enforce a duty owed to a homeless individual under s193(2) of the Housing Act 1996 (the “1996 Act”)? In particular, the court should take account of either: (a) budgetary constraints imposed on the housing authority; or (b) the availability of housing under a non-secured tenancy under Part VII of

US Customs and Border Protection’s (“CBP”) implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (“UFLPA”) remains a work in progress, as importers work to mitigate shipment detentions and respond to UFLPA reviews and enforcement actions. Emerging best practices may guide stakeholders as they navigate these uncertainties.

Develop a Due Diligence System

Due diligence systems allow companies to proactively evaluate forced labor risks within their supply chains through comprehensive information gathering and robust risk assessments, which can mitigate the legal and reputational consequences of forced labor.

To establish a due diligence system, a company should:

• Continuously collect information on Tier 1