‘In this episode we are bringing the second of two highlights from the recent one crown office row’s seminar – Scope of Duty and Causation: Chester v Afshar revisited. Dominic Ruck Keene dicusses the effects of the case.’
Law Pod UK, 10th June 2019
Source: audioboom.com
‘In this episode we are bringing the first of two highlights from the recent 1COR seminar – Scope of Duty and Causation: Chester v Afshar revisited. We hear from Jonathan Metzer as he gives his interpretation of the case.’
Law Pod UK, 10th June 2019
Source: audioboom.com
‘Poole Borough Council v GN and another [2019] UKSC 25. The Supreme Court has found that Poole Borough Council did not owe a duty of care to two children, CN and GN, who it failed to re-house, despite the fact that they were suffering abuse from their neighbours. However, the court overruled previous authority and found that in some situations a duty of care might arise.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th June 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘R (Maguire) v HM’s Senior Coroner for Blackpool and Fylde [2019] EWHC 1232 (Admin). A three-judge panel of the Divisional Court has re-affirmed that, in general, medical inquests do not engage the State’s positive obligations under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st May 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Ofgem takes action after tower block residents had no supplies for up to five months.’
The Guardian, 22nd May 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A three-judge panel of the Divisional Court has re-affirmed that, in general, medical inquests do not engage the State’s positive obligations under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st May 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A university student took her own life partly as a result of neglect, an inquest has ruled.’
BBC News, 16th May 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Graham Mackrell, the secretary of Sheffield Wednesday football club, has been fined £6,500 after he was found criminally responsible for the dangerous turnstile arrangements in operation on 15 April 1989 when 96 people were killed at its Hillsborough stadium.’
The Guardian, 13th May 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A care home charity advised by the internationally renowned mental health worker Elly Jansen is facing criminal prosecution over the death of Sophie Bennett, a 19-year-old resident who took her own life.’
The Guardian, 1st May 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A married couple has largely failed in a claim of negligence against a firm of solicitors which had admitted that it failed to advise properly on a separate negligence case against another law firm.’
Legal Futures, 29th April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The cultures of some law firms and other legal workplaces mean that well-being is “often not a concern” while they chase increased profits, researchers have found.’
Legal Futures, 23rd April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Priory healthcare group has been fined £300,000 over the death of a child at one of its hospitals.’
BBC News, 17th April 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The tech industry may rail against the DCMS’s document but it’s high time they were brought to book.’
The Guardian, 14th April 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The conviction of Graham Mackrell, the Sheffield Wednesday club secretary and safety officer for its Hillsborough ground on 15 April 1989, is the first criminal or disciplinary finding against anybody in relation to the deaths of 96 people at the FA Cup semi-final that day between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.’
The Guardian, 3rdApril 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A high court judge has ruled that Home Office policy to cut off all statutory support to people six weeks after they have been formally identified as victims of slavery is potentially unlawful, ordering that assistance must immediately be extended.’
The Guardian, 29th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Social media firms could be hit with new laws to stop them allowing the spread of anti-vaxxers’ myths online, the Health Secretary has said.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th March 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The House of Lords has called for the creation of a digital super-regulator to oversee the different bodies charged with safeguarding the internet and replace the “clearly failing” system of self-regulation by big technology companies.’
The Guardian, 9th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
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