Edition 277
21/06/2019
Subjects- Reliance on Historic Recall in Witness Evidence: The National Union of Mineworkers v Organisation Internationale De L'Energie Et Des Mines [2019] EWHC 1359 (Comm)
- Non-Solicitor Fee Earner Disbarred from Profession for Backdating Documents in PI Claims
- $10 Million Talc-Cancer Verdict Delivered in California
- Supreme Court Most Commonly Refuses Permission to Appeal on Procedural Points of Law
- FSCS Guarantees Protection of LAMP Policy Holders
- Coops Sued for Undervaluing Asons Sale in 2017
- Bayer Injects €5 Billion into Research and Development of Glyphosate-Weedkiller Alternatives
- Railway Industry Identifies HAVS as Most Common Occupational Disease Among Workers
- EE Launches Controversial 5G Mobile Network in Multiple UK Cities
- Persulphates in Hair Dyes Should be Banned, According to French Agency
- First ‘Selfie Wrist’, Now ‘iPhone Hands’, What Next?
Edition 276
07/06/2019
Subjects- Seeking Permission to Appeal with a ‘Real Prospect of Success’: R (A Child) [2019] EWCA Civ 895
- Is Contending Jurisdiction on Procedural Grounds a Flexible Process? Caine v Advertiser And Times Ltd & Anor [2019] EWHC 39 (QB)
- State Court Jury Verdict Climbs to $325 Million in Talc-Cancer Trial
- 1st Australian Product Liability Claim Filed in Australian Court, Linking Herbicide Use and Cancer
- October Trial Awaits for Slater and Gordon’s £637 Million Claim Against Watchstone (Formerly Quindell)
- LAMP Enters into Liquidation
- Up-To-Date Compensation Recovery Unit Data Published on 2018/19 Claims
- EU Committee Requests Extension of Directive to ‘Prioritise’ the Removal of Asbestos in Buildings and ‘Improve’ the Protection of Affected Workers
- ‘Gaming Disorder’ Officially Adopted by 194 World Health Assembly Members
Edition 275
24/05/2019
Subjects- Insurer Edges Closer Towards Committal Proceedings Against Dishonest NIHL Claimant: Zurich Insurance Plc v Romaine [2019] EWCA Civ 851
- Ex-Soldier Sets Up £30,000 Crowdfunding Page to Bring Q Fever Appeal
- More Mixed Success in J&J Talc-Cancer Lawsuits, Amid $25 Million Verdict
- Why Did Seth Lovis Enter into Administration?
- LAMP Applies for Voluntary Liquidation
- ‘Time to Breathe’ Report Advises Regulatory Bodies to Treat Air Pollution as an Occupational Health Issue
- Was HSE Right to Reclassify Welding Fumes as a Human Carcinogen?
- Miners at Higher Risk of Developing Black Lung Disease Now than in Younger Generations