Legal profession
BASC has helped deliver a pilot course for police firearms enquiry officers (FEOs) aimed at giving them hands-on experience of the types of guns and shooting activities they are likely to encounter in their work. The course was run earlier in September at Bisley Shooting Ground under the auspices of the British Shooting Sports Council,… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) welcomed news that the personal injury discount rate (PIDR) in Scotland and Northern Ireland is to be increased, potentially saving millions of pounds in the costs of compensation payments. Following a review, the Government Actuary has determined that, with effect from today, the PIDR in Northern Ireland and Scotland should be increased to +0.5%… Read more »
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Home Office plans to criminalise the buying of sex from women “controlled for another person’s gain” will be officially unveiled today. The plans are ostensibly to stop human trafficking, but government sources privately admit around 90 per cent of transactions would be covered by the law. The only way a prostitute can now escape the… Read more »
Members of the British National party (BNP) are being bombarded with phone calls after a list naming them was published on the web. Party spokesperson Simon Darby told politics.co.uk hundreds of members were receiving phone calls “on an industrial basis” and accused trade union call centres of being responsible. He said the case was in… Read more »
