The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Dr Caroline Fryar as professional services director to lead the team guiding, supporting, and defending healthcare professionals with ethical and medico-legal issues. Dr Fryar has worked at the MDU for seventeen years in various roles, most recently as director of medical services. She was previously a GP. Caroline… Read more »
Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
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The High Court has ruled that insurance company Equitable Life can proceed with a negligence claim against nine ex-directors. Justice Langley said on Friday that Equitable could press on with its £3.3 billion claim. He said that the directors had put forward some strong arguments, but added, “I do not think they were so powerful… Read more »
A battle between American soldiers and Iraqi gunmen took place overnight in the holy Iraqi city of Karbala. Three US soldiers and nine Iraqis died in the gunfight, which involved Iraqis guarding a senior Shi’ite cleric and a joint patrol of US and Polish peacekeepers. Karbala has been under a 21:00 local time curfew since… Read more »
