

Plans to limit legal fees in dental claims a welcome first step says DDU Responding to the publication of a government consultation on limiting claimant’s legal fees for cases valued up to £25,000, John Makin, head of the DDU, said: “This consultation has been a long time coming and is a welcome first step. However, for a… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Mr Jerard Ross as head of Scottish affairs to champion the interests of the MDU’s growing number of members in Scotland. Over the last four years Scottish membership has grown almost 30%, according to the MDU, the UK’s leading medical defence organisation. Jerard, who has worked at the… Read more »
The customs partnership and max-fac models are dead, but David Davis has invented some new unicorns to solve the Irish border problem over Brexit
The customs union is a small part of the Brexit debacle, but people have wrongly begun to talk as if it somehow solves the Irish border problem. Customs union functions the way it does because of the single market, which is the only thing that makes sure there are no checks at the border.