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The South Australian Employment Tribunal (SAET) found that conditions developed due to COVID-19's vaccine are to be considered work-related injuries when vaccination was imposed by the employer.
The Seoul Administrative Court has rejected a request for compensation filed by the family of a 88 year old woman who died in April 2021, two hours after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine shot.
The Wanchai Law Court in Hong Kong, on 15 January 2024, dropped criminal charges against a teenage student accused of conspiring.
On 1 December 2023, the Shimla District Consumer Commission held an travel booking online platform and its relationship manager liable for compensation for damages caused to a consumer who had seen his trip disrupted by COVID-19.
The Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) addressed a complaint filed by a data subject who received a letter from the umbrella association of Austrian social insurance institutions, inviting them to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
The Constitutional Court has upheld the COVID-19 vaccination of a seven-year-old child in Cantabria, Spain, despite parental disagreement.
On 14 December 2023, the High Court Shah Alam rejected two applications filed by five school teachers and nineteen employees of a university which sought to challenge a government circular from October 2021 rendering COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for their respective professional category.
During the pandemic, precisely on 27 March 2020, the Government of Yukon declared a state of emergency under the Civil Emergency Measures Act (CEMA).
On 5 October 2023, the Supreme Administrative Court of Poland has claimed that quarantine must be imposed through administrative decisions justified by statutory law, being a measure which limits the constitutional rights of the citizens.
A number of pre-trial detainees and convicted inmates housed at the Sherburne County Jail during the COVID-19 pandemic filed suit against the County claiming that, during their detention, the jail had implemented unconstitutional policies and customs which had unlawfully restricted their constitutional right to exercise protected by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the US Constitution.
The claimants alleged that the company made a number of misleading statements, hiding essential information from investors.
The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a prostitution establishment seeking compensation of over 70,000 euros from the State for the closure during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The judgment of the Court concerns a preliminary reference related to the interpretation of Article 7(1) of Directive 2003/88/EC concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time and Article 31(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
The plaintiff alleged that, by not providing special accommodations for the exam, the State Bar had violated the American with Disabilities Act.
On December 7, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia declared that a rule preventing members of the Latvian parliament, the Saeima, from participating in person during parliamentary sittings due to non-compliance with COVID-19 vaccination did not align with the country's Constitution.
The Court of Justice of the EU has definitively rejected Ryanair’s appeals against the state aid measures implemented by France and Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 30 November 2023, the appellate division of the Supreme Court of New York reaffirmed its view that the state law which had repealed the COVID-19 immunity for nursing homes does not have retroactive effect (on the same matter, see the story published on 28 October 2022).
On 5 December 2023, the Court of Justice of the EU provided insights into GDPR enforcement in a Lithuanian case concerning the processing of personal data for mobile apps tracking the spreade of COVID-19.
The Court of Prešov found that the Slovak Republic violated the right to education and to non-discrimination of a Roma student and ordered the State to compensate her with €3,000.
On 5 December 2023, the Court of Justice of the EU validated a Member State’s authority to implement travel bans, testing, and quarantine measures during a health crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Justice of Peace of Lucca confirms the trend of annulling sanctions for over-50s who refused to undergo mandatory vaccination.
During the pandemic, a housekeeping waitress was dismissed by a sports center for not working while waiting for a COVID test.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, SIR Corp. and its affiliated entities (SIR), operating approximately 60 restaurants, faced operational disruptions due to emergency orders issued by the Ontario government.
On 13 October 2023, the Administrative Tirbunal of Orléans rejected a baker’s request to annul a prefect’s decision to close his bakery for two months for not complying with the curfew established during the pandemic according to which it had to close at 18:00.
Shortly after the conclusion of the 2020 Spring semester, a student filed a potential class-action lawsuit against a State University in Indiana alleging breaches of contract and unjust enrichment, stemming from the University’s decision to retain tuition and fees despite the cancellation of in-person classes and closure of campus facilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has raised alarms over the accumulation of COVID-19 norms violation cases, fearing it will burden the criminal courts.
The Madrid Social Court n°1 has granted a monthly pension of over 3,800 euros to a worker suffering from severe COVID-19-related complications, recognizing him as having the highest level of disability, known as "gran invalidez" in Spanish.
The Court of Cassation (Italian Supreme Court) has stated that the conduct of a magistrate who does not attend work due to the lack of the COVID-19 certificate (“green pass”) does not constitute a “habitual and unjustified withdrawal from service activities” and, therefore, is not subject to disciplinary sanctions.
On 22 November 2023, the Constitutional Court unanimously rejected a constitutional challenge by the Popular Parliamentary Group against specific provisions of Royal Decree-Law 8/2021. These provisions created a cassation appeal before the Supreme Court’s Administrative Litigation Chamber regarding judicial authorizations of COVID-19 measures limiting fundamental rights.
On 7 November 2023, the Delhi High Court ordered an insurance company to pay compensation to a couple which had canceled their honeymoon trip to Italy in February 2020 due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
After being denied the reduction, the company stopped paying rents altogether.
The Court of Appeal of Victoria has rejected the claims of a doctor who was seeking judicial review of the suspension order concerning his registration.
St. Joseph's Medical Center had unlawfully permitted a reporter to observe the treatment administered to three COVID patients, allowing him to access to both the patients and their clinical data.
On 19 July 2023, the Chennai District Consumer Redressal Commission ordered a bank to pay compensation to a consumer, for having illegitimately deducted some monthly installments on his loan while a moratorium on loan repayments was in place due to COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown.
A mismanaged COVID-19 outbreak on board led to the death of several passengers in March 2020.
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