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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has successfully supported a GP member with a series of investigations that followed a patient death. The GP was eventually exonerated, but not before responding to a complaint, claim, NHS England investigation and GMC investigation over a five-year period. The MDU is encouraging healthcare professionals to get support from colleagues… Read more »
Humanists UK is celebrating the ten year anniversary of the first same-sex marriages in England and Wales. Whereas the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act received Royal Assent on 17 July 2013, it took some time to implement this change, so the Act only came into force the following year. The first same-sex marriages took place just after midnight… Read more »
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By Alex Stevenson Rushed legislation like the Parliamentary Standards Act poses a grave threat to fundamental principles of Britain’s constitution, MPs have warned. The Commons’ justice committee said today the legislation brought through the Commons and Lords before the summer recess in response to the MPs’ expenses scandal should act as a warning sign for… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Legal confusion handed a stay of execution to protestors at the Vestas wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight, as debate rages about whether the government should step in. The sit-in protest at Vestas’ soon-to-close factory in the Isle of Wight could have been forced to an end by a court… Read more »
