Legal profession
Plans to limit legal fees in dental claims a welcome first step says DDU Responding to the publication of a government consultation on limiting claimant’s legal fees for cases valued up to £25,000, John Makin, head of the DDU, said: “This consultation has been a long time coming and is a welcome first step. However, for a… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Mr Jerard Ross as head of Scottish affairs to champion the interests of the MDU’s growing number of members in Scotland. Over the last four years Scottish membership has grown almost 30%, according to the MDU, the UK’s leading medical defence organisation. Jerard, who has worked at the… Read more »
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By Blaine Williams The government may potentially be violating the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in a new bill which will allow witnesses the right to anonymity. The new legislation, which is being debated today in parliament, will give witnesses the right to give evidence anonymously from the time they give a statement to… Read more »
By Laura Miller Ex-servicemen involved in British nuclear testing in the 1950s are to launch a legal bid against the government at the high court later. The veterans were involved in nuclear tests in the Indian and Pacific oceans carried out by the British government after the second world war. Now, on behalf of 250,000… Read more »
