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Da Silva v Brazil Iron. High Court, applying the Court of Appeal’s approach in Limbu v Dyson and with emphasis on the possibility to obtain substantial justice, rejects suggestion of ‘judicial colonialism’, accepts jurisdiction in Brasilian mining pollution case. – Go Health Pro

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Da Silva v Brazil Iron. High Court, applying the Court of Appeal’s approach in Limbu v Dyson and with emphasis on the possibility to obtain substantial justice, rejects suggestion of ‘judicial colonialism’, accepts jurisdiction in Brasilian mining pollution case. – Go Health Pro

In my contribution to the EAPIL online seminar discussing Ekatarina Aristova’s excellent Tort Litigation against Transnational Corporations: The Challenge of Jurisdiction in English Courts (OUP 2024), I flagged the discussion by Dr Aristova in Chapter 6 of the book, of one of the objections to jurisdiction exercised by ‘European’ or by extension courts in the Global North, … Read more

Towards Applying a Precautionary Approach to the Right to Life – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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Towards Applying a Precautionary Approach to the Right to Life – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

On 31 January 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”, “the Court”) ruled on large-scale environmental pollution caused by the illegal dumping and burning of toxic waste in Italy. In Cannavacciuolo and Others, the Court found that Italy violated its obligations under the right to life, enshrined in Article 2 ECHR. The judgment, spanning more than 500 paragraphs, raises several important issues (see, e.g., here and here). This post examines the Court’s evolving approach to causation in environmental pollution cases. In Cannavacciuolo, the ECtHR significantly relaxed the requirements for proving a causal link between harm and pollution, extending this approach to the right to life. This judgment signals a broader shift toward a precautionary approach, which has now also been established in the context of Article 2 ECHR.

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Open Source Artificial Intelligence Definition 1.0 – A “take it or leave it” approach for open source AI systems? – Go Health Pro

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Open Source Artificial Intelligence Definition 1.0 – A “take it or leave it” approach for open source AI systems? – Go Health Pro

Photo by Luke Southern from Unsplash Background This blog post follows a previous post that discussed what constitutes “open source” AI, in particular in light of the EU AI Act. This post continues the discussion, in particular in light of the revision of the Open Source AI Definition (“OSAID”) released at the end of 2024, … Read more

Graduating Clients The Right Way: A Thoughtful Approach To Sustainably Transition ‘Small’ Clients To On-Demand – Go Health Pro

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Graduating Clients The Right Way: A Thoughtful Approach To Sustainably Transition ‘Small’ Clients To On-Demand – Go Health Pro

Early in a firm’s life cycle, a founder might take on nearly any client (and their fees) just to generate enough revenue to ‘keep the lights on’. However, as the firm grows, some of those early clients may no longer be profitable to serve – especially if they generate lower fees than newly onboarded clients. … Read more

Regulate fast, figure out the details later – the EU’s approach to AI – Go Health Pro

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Regulate fast, figure out the details later – the EU’s approach to AI – Go Health Pro

The EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act came into force in August last year. Yet as Gloria González Fuster explains, there remain more questions than answers about how the EU’s approach to AI will function in practice. If there was a race to regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI), then the European Union won it. Maybe there was no … Read more

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