July 2020 - The QMLR Archive

Covid-19 and Causation

One key factor that is driving the Government’s response to COVID-19 is the number of deaths. Those are deaths ‘from’ COVID-19, the number of deaths ‘with’ COVID-19, and the number of those who have died with or from COVID-19 who are ‘likely’ to have died within a certain period of…

By Dominic Ruck Keene July 22, 2020Inquests, Special IssueCausation, Coronavirus

Public Special Issue

Abortion and a Woman’s Home

R (on the application of Christian Concern) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2020] EWCA 1546 (Admin) The High Court refused the Appellant permission to bring a judicial review against the decision of the Secretary of State to approve ‘the home of a woman’ as being a…

By Rajkiran Barhey July 1, 2020Public, Special IssueCoronavirus

Procedural Special Issue

Fairness of a Remote Hearing

SC v University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 1445 (QB) This article originally appeared in a Covid-19 Special Issue (July 2020). The facts The Defendant Trust applied a week before a clinical negligence trial for its adjournment on the basis that it would be unfair to hold the…

By Dominic Ruck Keene July 1, 2020Procedural, Special Issueadjournment, Coronavirus, interim application

Inquiries Special Issue

The Civil Justice Council Rapid Review

Civil Justice Council Report on the Impact of COVID-19 on Civil Court Users Published The Review The Civil Justice Council was requested by the Master of the Rolls (Sir Terence Etherton) to conduct a rapid review between 1 and 15 May 2020 on the impact of COVID-19 on the civil…

By Dominic Ruck Keene July 1, 2020Inquiries, Special IssueCoronavirus

Inquiries Special Issue

Being BAME is a Major Risk Factor for Dying of Covid-19 – What Can Be Done About It?

Introduction This article originally appeared in a Covid-19 Special Issue (July 2020). The Public Health England (“PHE”) review into the disparities in risks and outcomes of COVID deaths was published on 3 June 2020. It was intended to address increasing concerns, notably voiced by the British Medical Association, about the…

By Shaheen Rahman KC, Suzanne Lambert July 1, 2020Inquiries, Special IssueCoronavirus