On 17 April 2023, Spain’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a family with a minor in their care who illegally occupied a public housing unit, and whose eviction was temporarily suspended due to Covid-19 restrictions.
The Korean Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the tenant of a shop who faced an eviction request from his landlord for not paying the rent, by upholding the deduction of an amount corresponding to six months’ rent from the overdue, so that the conditions for the termination of the rent were not met.
In the fall of 2021, a 15-year-old minor went to a pharmacy in Kansas to be vaccinated against Covid-19 without parental consent.
On 24 April 2023, the Czech Data Protection Authority (DPA) has fined the Czech Ministry of the Interior CZK 975,000 (approximately €41,500) for collecting sensitive health data of individuals who were diagnosed with Covid-19 and ordered to remain in isolation during the pandemic.
Some weeks after the Governor of Massachusetts declared a state of emergency on account of the spread of the Covid-19, the decision-making authorities of a Soldiers’ Home – having acknowledged a Covid-related staffing shortage issue – directed their staff to consolidate two floors of elderly veterans onto one floor.
The High Court of Calcutta has disposed of a public interest litigation’s petition, filed by an advocate, by directing the state government and, in particular the Commissioner of School Education, to investigate school attendance issues with regard to students who dropped out during the pandemic in the light of online remote classes and other inconveniences.
In October 2021, a man was hospitalized in a healthcare center after having tested positive for Covid-19. His nephew, who held health care power of attorney for his uncle, turned to a different doctor for a second opinion on the treatments to be administered to his uncle and received a prescription for Ivermectin, a medication for parasitic diseases which such doctor – like others in the USA – asserted was effective against Covid-19.
With the decision no. 25/2023, the Italian Constitutional Court declared Art. 206 bis of the Military Code partially illegitimate, as it failed to specify for which kind of diseases vaccination could be imposed on soldiers by the Military Health Authority.
On 20 April 2023, the Constitutional Court has issued a ruling on the vaccination of people with disabilities under the Patient Autonomy Law.
On 27 April 2023, a district court in Singapore sentenced a foreigner to 16 weeks of prison for having participated in a fraud to obtain fake vaccines against Covid-19.
The Minister for Education and Culture in Hessen, Germany, established legal and organizational frameworks for school education during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the option for students to attend live classes by videoconference with their consent or the consent of their parents.
On 27 April 2023, the Constitutional Court has rejected almost all challenges to the legislation related to the COVID Safe Ticket (a digital or paper certificate proving that the holder has been vaccinated, tested negative for COVID-19, or recovered from the virus), except for the regime in Flanders for vulnerable residential care.
As part of his efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, President Biden issued a series of vaccine mandates, including a mandate ordering all federal agencies to include in their new contracts a clause that would require contract recipients to ensure that their employees wear masks at work and be vaccinated against Covid-19.
On 20 March 2020, the Arizona Governor ordered that all indoor gyms and fitness clubs be closed to the public because of the Covid-19. That closure continued through 17 May 2020 and, after a brief suspension, from 29 June 2020 through 26 August 2020.
A consumer brought a civil claim for damages against a travel agency for refusing to refund the price paid for two airline tickets that the claimant could not use due to the enactment of Covid-related travel restrictions.
On 5 April 2023 the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania gave final approval to a class action lawsuit settlement over a covid-related data breach.
On 16 March 2023, the Constitutional Court of Slovenia has rejected the petition filed by individuals challenging the constitutionality of Covid-19 containment measures adopted by the Slovenian government since October 2020 (including the introduction of a curfew).
On 18 April 2023, the Court of Appeal of Liège found that the Walloon Region’s automatic renewal of the Covid Safe Ticket (CST) was illegal.
Eight hotel companies, whose business had been heavily affected by Covid-related closures and further restrictive measures, filed suit against their respective municipalities claiming that they should have been exempted from paying taxes during the pandemic.
On 17 March 2020, the Government of Ontario declared a provincial state of emergency under s. 7.0.1 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, implementing a series of measures that limited the size of gatherings, restricted access to public places, and suspended non-essential services.
On 30 March 2023, the People’s Court of the Songshan District of Chifeng City condemned an insurance company to pay 10,000 Chinese Yuan to a person who had stipulated an insurance policy in 2022 covering illness from infectious diseases.
A farmer from West Jutland was convicted to pay a fine of 100,000 kroner and to do community service after being found guilty of illegal breeding.
On the 27th of November 2020, the Government of the Valencian Community signed an agreement establishing a special pay for all the healthcare professionals required to work extra during the Covid-19 pandemic.
On 11.4.202 a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) signed a consent order which settled a dispute over allegations of discrimination against a disabled person residing in an independent apartment of the above community and who died during the pandemic.
Stockton Council’s decision to revoke a pub’s licence has recently been confirmed by the High Court of Leeds after a two-year-long legal battle.
In August 2021, the Edmond Public School District (Oklahoma) implemented a quarantine policy requiring unvaccinated students who had not tested positive for COVID-19 within ninety days and who were identified as a close contact of a positive COVID-19 case to quarantine for either seven or ten days.
In 12 April 2023, the Eastern Court of Hong Kong sentenced a civil servant to 140 hours of community service due to having attempted at entering workplace, in 2022, by using an imitation of the official government Covid-19 risk exposure app.
The High Court of Bombay has granted bail to several people accused of participating in a fraud scheme to administer fake Covid vaccines. The people were arrested in 2021.
Three health professionals were found guilty of drawing up and using inaccurate attestations as well as of endangering the lives of others after issuing nearly 500 false Covid-19 test certificates during the second wave of the pandemic.
In response to the covid-19 pandemic, the City of New York passed a series of laws, bylaws and executive orders aimed at alleviating the financial burdens faced by small businesses.
On 28 March 2023, the Supreme Court allowed medical students who had returned to India from China and the Philippines due to the pandemic to get access to the final medication examination (MBBS) in two attempts, without being enrolled in Indian medical universities.
On 14 July 2022, three plaintiffs challenged penalty notices (a fine) issued to them for having allegedly violated the restrictions on the freedom of movement introduced by the government to avert the spread of Covid-19 (quarantine).
A court in Singapore condemned to two months of prison and a stroke of the cane a man who tried to get a business owner to give him money by threatening to report a violation of Covid-19 emergency measures.
On 12.8.2021, the City of Boston enacted a covid-19 policy requiring all city employees either to verify they were vaccinated against covid-19 or to submit proof of a negative covid-19 test every seven days. The terms of such a policy had been the object of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) bargained with two unions that represented firefighters and police within the City.
The 5th section of the Court of First Instance of Pamplona ordered an insurance company to compensate a local hotel with 43,300 euros for the days in which it was closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
On 15.6.2022, the Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit, adopted a judgment which - contrary to the general trend of both state and federal courts in covid-related business interruption cases - was in favor of an insured restaurant which had claimed that the all-risks insurance policy it had purchased from its insurer provided coverage for any loss or damage caused by continuous contamination by COVID-19.
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