Legal profession
The legalisation of assisted dying in Jersey has taken another step as proposals have been lodged in the States Assembly. Channel Island Humanists welcomes the proposals, as another part of the British Isle moves closer to a compassionate end-of-life law. The proposals will allow residents of Jersey who are intolerably suffering from a physical, incurable condition… Read more »
BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »
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By Ian Dunt From Monday, it will be illegal to own images or video of what the government describes as ‘extreme pornography’. The move to ban the material followed the unpleasant case of a man named Graham Coutts. An addict of internet images showing women being raped and strangled, he was eventually convicted of murdering… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Spouses who kill their partners after finding them cheating will no longer be able to escape a murder charge by claiming they had lost control, if new legislation is passed today. The change in the law means any defence which relies on the accused suffering from “diminished responsibility” after being provoked by… Read more »
