The Director General of the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (SMI) wants more lenient sentencing for HIV-positive individuals who have sex without informing their partner about the condition (Svenska Dagbladet).
Today, under Swedish law, doing so constitutes aggravated assault and could lead to a ten-year prison sentence. The argument from SMI seems to be that [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Law’
October 22, 2008
Sweden And HIV
October 16, 2008
Madonna & Guy Ritchie To Divorce
Madonna and Guy Ritchie are divorcing (The Financial Times).
In recent years England has emerged as the jurisdiction that is most friendly towards the the financially-weaker party in a divorce. Since White v White (2001) an equal split in the starting point. Furthermore, prenuptial agreements are not legally binding. This has made London the ‘Divorce Capital [...]
October 16, 2008
Even The Lawyers
Excellent law blog Above The Law reports that Clifford Chance, the world’s largest law firm, is sacking 20 lawyers in its New York and Washington D.C. offices (ATL).
Clifford Chance is not the first law firm to layoff lawyers in this credit crunch-turned-crisis. But this is especially worrying as the department affected is litigation – ostensibly [...]
October 2, 2008
Ignorance Clouds The Sun
The Sun praises David Cameron’s speech (The Sun). Good. But they also mention that Mr Cameron wants to replace the “EU Human Rights Act” with an English Bill of Rights. As always, the ignorance is frightening.
First of all, it is the not ‘EU Human Rights Act’. The Human Rights 1998 is an Act of the [...]
