15th February 2019 Welcome to the latest weekly news summary from Law Brief Publishing. You have received this newsletter at newsletter@newslettercollector.com, because you are signed-up to our newsletters via lawbriefpublishjing.com, www.lawbriefupdate.com or www.pibriefupdate.com. Scroll to the end for contact, unsubscribe info etc. This week we have the usual selection personal injury and general law news, blogs, humour, free articles and book chapters. Personal Injury News & Free Articles 'The Adoption & Children Act 2002 Welfare Principle and Checklist' from ‘A Practical Guide to Adoption for Family Lawyers’ by Graham Pegg FREE book chapter from Law Brief Publishing High Court allows more time for steelworker claims... Litigation Futures Fire-risk fridges still on sale at major UK retailers, says Which?... PI Brief Update News Supreme Court to rule on damages in solicitors' negligence claims... Legal Futures Premier League football clubs report 44% increase in injuries to players who competed in World Cup... Claims Media Breast pumps may introduce harmful bacteria to babies... New Scientist General Law News & Blogs Supreme Court backs law firm in landmark negligence case... Law Society Gazette High court judge praises bro bono barristers in complex family case for their 'commitment to the delivery of justice'... Legal Futures New rules ban young celebrities from promoting gambling... Independent EU copyright reform indicates let-off for news aggregators... Law Society Gazette Crime predicting AI systems are based on 'falsified' data from 'corrupt policing'... Technology Review Residents of glass-walled apartments lose Tate Modern privacy case... BBC News PIBULJ.COM Articles A selection of recent and popular articles from PIBULJ.COM. Note that an account is required to read the full articles. If you haven't subscribed yet, why not try it out for one month for just £1? Click here for more info. The complex reasons why a claimant takes legal action - Ali Malsher, Anthony Gold Solicitors Reading the traditional media, it appears, clinical negligence claimants are motivated by finance only. Yet this doesn’t equate with the experience of those who work in this area of law. The reasons claimants start the legal process are complex but there is a relationship between response of the health provider to adverse events and litigation...   FREE BOOK CHAPTER from 'A Practical Guide to Vicarious Liability' by Mariel Irvine Chapter One - Overview. There have been at least five decisions of the Supreme Court relevant to vicarious liability since 2012. A topic of importance in a minority of cases, and sometimes described as 'geeky', has been forced into the spotlight...   FREE BOOK CHAPTER from 'A Practical Guide to Relief from Sanctions Post-Mitchell and Denton' by Peter Causton Chapter Two - Background History: From Woolf to Jackson To Dyson. Prior to the implementation of the Jackson reforms, it was considered that the courts had become too tolerant of parties’ non-compliance with orders, rules and practice directions and the delays this non-compliance caused...   Review of Highway Code Due for 2019 - Charles Heppenstall, Weightmans LLP On the 18th October 2018 the Ministry of Transport announced a proposed update of the Highway Code, to further codify driving practices intended to protect cyclists and pedestrians. This follows the publication in September of the DoT’s highway casualty statistics for 2017. Although these revealed...   What History tells us about Collapsing Health Systems 2019 - Dr Mark Burgin Dr Mark Burgin BM BCh (oxon) MRCGP looks to history for clues of what it means for a health system to collapse and how to describe the pattern mathematically...   PIBULJ.TV - masterclasses from the experts Episode 4: 'A Masterclass on Mitchell and Denton' by Andrew Mckie Andrew Mckie from Clerksroom presents a half-hour guide on relief from sanctions covering the latest developments post Mitchell and Denton. Includes: avoiding difficulties post Mitchell and Denton, relief from sanctions, costs budgets, Mitchell v News Group Newspapers Limited [2013] EWHC 2355 QB, Denton v TH White Limited [2014] EWCA Civ 906, what does Denton mean in practice? Click here to watch a sample for free! Queen's Counsel This cartoon is by Alex Williams who draws the Queen's Counsel cartoons for The Times and in numerous books including The Queen's Counsel Lawyer's Omnibus. BabyBarista - Beyond redemption At chambers tea today BusyBody asked OldSmoothie, 'Why are you always so rude to UpTights?' 'Because she's a calcified witch,' said he replied without even blinking. 'Her heart's turned to stone and whatever soul she had wasn't able to survive in the bitterness and bile that pumps through her veins.' 'But you've got to admit that you simply enjoy being nasty,' said TheCreep. 'Oh do give it up, won't you,' said OldSmoothie. 'You young ones are all the same. So full of wide-eyed hypocrisy that you don't even realise that you fell off the cliff years ago and there's no going back now. You can carp all you like but as sure the sun goes up and, in UpTights' case, down one day in, er...' he coughed, '...twenty years time, you'll wake up and realise that you've turned into us, whether you like it or not.' Then he looked at TheCreep and gave a cruel smile and pointed at him and said... Click here to continue reading... 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