Legal profession
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Dr Caroline Fryar as professional services director to lead the team guiding, supporting, and defending healthcare professionals with ethical and medico-legal issues. Dr Fryar has worked at the MDU for seventeen years in various roles, most recently as director of medical services. She was previously a GP. Caroline… Read more »
Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
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By Ian Dunt Westminster is dominated by talk of Labour’s support for Phil Woolas, even as polls show public support for the court which found against him. A parliamentary Labour party meeting last night allegedly saw a series of angry and personal attacks against deputy labour leader Harriet Harman, who instantly distanced the party from… Read more »
By Peter Wozniak Defendants should be stripped of the right to trial by jury for minor offences in order to save millions of pounds, the victims commissioner has argued. ‘Either-or’ offenders, who may be tried in either a crown court or a magistrates court, should be shifted entirely to the latter said Louise Casey, the… Read more »
