Category: coronavirus
Lady Hallett to chair spring public inquiry into Covid pandemic – The Guardian
‘Lady Hallett, a former senior appeal court judge, has been appointed to chair the public inquiry into the Covid pandemic.’
The Guardian, 15th December 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Covid: Family of woman lose appeal against end-of-life ruling – BBC News
‘Relatives of a woman left brain-damaged and paralysed after contracting Covid-19 have lost an appeal against a ruling that she should be allowed to die.’
BBC News, 15th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Fiona de Londras, Daniella Lock and Pablo Grez Hidalgo: COVID passes and the ongoing abuse of ‘urgent’ law-making – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘Later today the House of Commons will consider the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Entry to Venues and events) (England) Regulations 2021, which introduce a system mandating the use of COVID passes (or, in formal parlance, “COVID status certifications”). These Regulations are being made using the emergency provisions contained in s. 45R of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 14th December 2021
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
Unorthodox Covid Views and Medical Regulation – Richard Smith – UK Human Rights Blog
‘White v General Medical Council [2021] EWHC 3286 (Admin) (03 December 2021). A case in which the High Court reminds the regulator of requirements for imposing curbs on free speech.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th December 2021
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
HMCTS: Public prefers remote hearings but professionals see declining respect – Legal Futures
‘Public users of the courts generally prefer remote to in-person hearings, but they have led to declining levels of respect, formality and concentration, according to government research.’
Legal Futures, 13th December 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Legal challenge to hotel quarantine policy goes to Court of Appeal – BBC News
‘A legal challenge to the Government’s mandatory quarantine hotel policy is to be taken to the Court of Appeal.’
BBC News, 9th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UKHSA considers legal action against privately run Immensa lab – The Guardian
‘A government health watchdog is considering legal action against a private health company whose laboratory gave at least 43,000 people potentially false negative Covid-19 test results.’
The Guardian, 8th December 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Coroners in England issue rare warnings over avoidable deaths in pandemic – The Guardian
‘Coroners in England have said lessons must be learned from failings made by overstretched services that struggled to adapt during the Covid pandemic, as details of inquests into deaths only now emerge.’
The Guardian, 6th December 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Covid not good enough reason for solicitors missing court deadline – Legal Futures
‘The disruption caused by Covid last year was not a good enough excuse for a law firm missing a deadline to file amended particulars of claim by four months, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 6th December 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Car wash that stayed open during height of pandemic fined for breaking COVID-19 restrictions – Local Government Lawyer
‘A council prosecution has seen a business owner in South Norfolk found guilty of an offence under The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations 2020.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd December 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill: the Code of Practice – Local Government Lawyer
‘In the third article in a three-part series on the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill, Edward Blakeney and Mattie Green examine the accompanying Code of Practice.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd December 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Dozens of maskless passengers hit with £200 fines after rule reinstated – The Independent
‘Dozens of maskless passengers have been fined as compulsory face coverings were reinstated.’
The Independent, 2nd December 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man who glued lock of Gorleston vaccine centre is jailed – BBC News
‘A man who put superglue on the lock of a Covid-19 vaccination centre, preventing 504 people from getting jabs, has been jailed for 12 weeks.’
BBC News, 1st December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Grace period in a time of Covid – UK Human Rights Blog
‘In R (Babbage) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 2995 (Admin), the Claimant applied for judicial review, claiming that his immigration detention from 27 February 2020 to 29 April 2021 had been unlawful and/or that there was a public law error relating to the delay in the provision of s.4 accommodation. Soole J gave a potentially significant judgment concerning the ambit of the “grace period” for locating s.4 Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 accommodation, i.e. accommodation provided to failed asylum seekers. The judge also made some apposite comments concerning the requirement for appropriate evidence in unlawful detention claims from the relevant decision maker.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 30th November 2021
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Council facing judicial review for push to get children in vulnerable families back to school – Local Government Lawyer
‘A Covid-vulnerable family has sent a pre-action protocol letter to a council that it says unlawfully told a headteacher to stop allowing their children to stay home during rises in case numbers.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th November 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Covid: as rules on mask wearing in England return, what exactly is the law? – The Guardian
‘As part of targeted measures to prevent the spread of the new Covid-19 variant Omicron, from 4am on 30 November, people in England will be required by law to wear a face covering in certain places.’
The Guardian, 29th November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Department for Work and Pensions Faces Court Case For ‘Human Rights Breach’ – Each Other
‘The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing a court case which alleges a human rights breach that could see the Government ordered to pay £1,560 each to over two million benefits claimants.’
Each Other, 29th November 2021
Source: eachother.org.uk
Mandatory vaccination for care home workers not unlawful nor in breach of ECHR – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Peters & Anor, R (On the application of) the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care & Anor [2021] EWHC 3182 (Admin), 2 November 2021. This was a renewed application by the claimants for permission to proceed with a judicial review challenge to the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021, which requires a registered person who runs a regulated activity in a care home to ensure that any person entering the premises has been vaccinated, unless for clinical reasons that person is exempt.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th November 2021
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Fighting ever increasing odds against a draconian intervention – and when is a without notice hearing acceptable? – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Court of Protection recently ordered that a woman with late onset vascular dementia be transferred to a residential care home after relations between her son and care workers broke down. Alex Ruck Keene analyses the ruling.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th November 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
