Legal profession
A UK Government petition to hold a parliamentary vote on assisted dying has passed 100,000 signatures in less than a month, and will be considered for Westminster Hall debate in Parliament. Humanists UK has welcomed the news, thanked members and supporters who have already signed and encouraged others to add their signatures. This petition calls for… Read more »
Doctors are being advised by the Medical Defence Union (MDU) to only post information on private WhatsApp groups and other social messaging services that they would be happy to be made public. The MDU issued the advice as new guidance from the General Medical Council (GMC) on doctors’ use of social media takes effect today. It is… Read more »
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The government has failed to sufficiently assure senior judges that judicial independence will be guaranteed under the Ministry of Justice. Eight weeks of talks between judges and ministers have broken down after judges revealed they had not been informed of plans to split the Home Office and were concerned about the implications. Lord chief justice… Read more »
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will seek to bring murder charges over the death of Alexander Litvinenko. UK prosecutors said Russian citizen Andrey Lugovoy, a former KGB officer, should be charged over the poisoning of the Russian spy. Foreign secretary Margaret Beckett has demanded Russia’s full cooperation and the permanent undersecretary at the Foreign Office… Read more »
