legal update online Archives

Khan v Meadows [2021] UKSC 21 – UKSC WeblogKhan v Meadows [2021] UKSC 21 – UKSC Weblog

On this put up Rebecca Khan, a Authorized Help Assistant at Matrix Chambers, feedback on the case of Khan v Meadows [2021] UKSC 21 – handed down on the 18th of June 2021. This enchantment raised essential questions concerning the software of the scope of responsibility precept in scientific negligence instances. The judgment is handed down along with the court docket’s judgment in Manchester Constructing Society v Grant Thornton UK LLP [2021] UKSC 20.

The Information

The appellant, Ms Meadows, is the mom of a kid with haemophilia and autism. Previous to her being pregnant, the appellant consulted her GP

…

Trump spending so much donor cash on lawyer bills there’s “not a lot left” to fund the actual campaignTrump spending so much donor cash on lawyer bills there’s “not a lot left” to fund the actual campaign

As former President Donald Trump’s legal woes mount, the line between his criminal defense and his 2024 presidential campaign is blurring, a political and financial muddying that The Washington Post projects will only worsen as multiple prosecutions continue to dominate his time, resources and messaging.

Trump’s appeals to stay out of prison on social media, in rally speeches and in interviews have become a mainstay of his candidacy, as evidenced by his frequent claims online that the criminal investigations against him are “witch hunts” that constitute election interference. His criticism of his indictments and the

…

This Week in the Supreme Court – w/c 17th July 2023 – UKSCBlogThis Week in the Supreme Court – w/c 17th July 2023 – UKSCBlog

Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website.

On Wednesday 19^th July the Court will hand-down judgment in Jones v Birmingham City Council and another [2023] UKSC 27. The Court will determine whether Part 4 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 is incompatible with Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The hand-down will begin at 9:45am in Courtroom 1.

From Wednesday 19^th July – Thursday 20^th July the Court will hear the case of Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Fisher and anotheron appeal from

…

OceanGate Letter Convinced Company to Let Employee Go on Titan: DocsOceanGate Letter Convinced Company to Let Employee Go on Titan: Docs

The company that owns the rights to the Titanic is lobbing new allegations against OceanGate.
RMS Titanic Inc. said it let Paul-Henri Nargeolet use the sub because of now-disputed safety claims.
Legal counsel to OceanGate rejected that characterization in comments to Insider.

The world’s preeminent authority on the Titanic shipwreck was permitted to join the ill-fated Titan dive on OceanGate’s false promises of top-tier safety, a new legal filing alleges.

Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a 77-year-old French submersible

…

R (on the application of Officer W80) v Director General of the Independent Office for Police Conduct and others [2023] UKSC 24. – UKSC BlogR (on the application of Officer W80) v Director General of the Independent Office for Police Conduct and others [2023] UKSC 24. – UKSC Blog

W80, an armed police officer, shot Jermaine Baker dead in a police operation. Mr Baker was implicated in a plot to snatch two individuals from custody. The police had intelligence that the plotters would be in possession of firearms. W80’s account was that during the intervention, Mr Baker’s hands moved quickly up to a shoulder bag on his chest. Fearing for his life and those of his colleagues, W80 fired one shot. No firearm was found in the bag, but an imitation firearm was in the rear of the car.

An investigation was conducted by the Independent Office for Police

…

Call for Papers: ILPC Annual Conference 2023Call for Papers: ILPC Annual Conference 2023

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

…

Unger and another (in substitution for Hasan) v Ul-Hasan (deceased) and another [2023] UKSC 22. – UKSC BlogUnger and another (in substitution for Hasan) v Ul-Hasan (deceased) and another [2023] UKSC 22. – UKSC Blog

Nafisa Hasan (“the wife”) and Mahmud Ul-Hasan (“the husband”) married in 1981. In 2012 in Pakistan the husband obtained a divorce. The wife applied to the courts in England and Wales for financial relief under section 12(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (“the 1984 Act”) on the basis that the divorce was an overseas divorce recognized as valid in England and Wales. On her application under the 1984 Act, the court in England and Wales was empowered to make any of the orders which it could make under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (“the 1973 Act”) if

…

UPDATE 1-ECB’s Enria wants euro zone banks out of Russia fasterUPDATE 1-ECB’s Enria wants euro zone banks out of Russia faster

(Updates with context in paragraph 2, background in paragraphs 4 to 6, JPMorgan report in paragraph 6)

June 27 (Reuters) – The European Central Bank wants lenders to speed up their exit from Russia given the increased reputational, legal and financial risk of doing business there, supervisory chief Andrea Enria said on Tuesday.

Although Europe’s top supervisor has for months said he hoped European financial bodies would cut ties with their Russian assets, the matter has taken on new significance after Saturday’s 24-hour mutiny by the Wagner militia underscored the country’s political fragility.

In a letter to members of the

…