Legal profession
The three winners of the 2021 BASC Ladies’ Star of Shooting Awards have been announced. For the second year, the awards were split into three categories: Target Shooting, Game and Gamekeeping, and Field to Fork. More than 100 nominations were received. Laura Boswell, from Northamptonshire, took the Target Shooting category, Zoe Roper-Smith, from Norfolk, the… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been made aware that several firearms licensing departments that had previously stopped grant applications have revised their policy after criticism from BASC, press coverage and intervention by MPs. Licensing departments in North Yorkshire, Thames Valley, Kent and Northamptonshire had all previously announced that grant applications for… Read more »
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The home secretary has revealed plans to criminalise men who buy sex without checking to find out if the prostitute has been forced into the position. Use of normal prostitutes will remain legal to the buyer, but men who buy sex from someone who is being “controlled for another person’s gain” will face a fine… Read more »
A book criticial of the religion of Scientology has been pulled from British bookshops and the UK branch of online retail site Amazon due to “legal reasons”. Irish author John Duignan said he was “dismayed and furious” at Scientologist attempts to have the book banned but “not at all surprised given the Church’s record on… Read more »
