Legal profession
Next week, Humanists UK will be intervening in a landmark education case at the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal. The case has reached this stage because the Department of Education has chosen to appeal the judgment of May 2022, which found that exclusively Christian RE and worship in Northern Ireland schools is discriminatory. Humanists UK, which… Read more »
The infrastructure of the assurance scheme built by British Game Assurance (BGA) will be transferred to Aim to Sustain (A2S), it was announced today (Monday October 16th). The transfer should be completed later in the Autumn and in the meantime, the scheme remains unchanged and open to new members. Following completion, Aim to Sustain will… Read more »
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By Emmeline Saunders The right of murder suspects to use their partner’s sexual infidelity as a partial defence in court is set to end. Ministers are pushing ahead with the plans after they were thrown out by the Lords last month – hailed by shadow justice secretary Dominic Grieve as “a victory for common sense”…. Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Home secretary Alan Johnson rejected claims that Britain’s extradition reputation was “going to hell in a hand cart”, as he was grilled by MPs over the potential extradition of computer hacker Gary McKinnon. Mr Johnson restated his claims he was utterly powerless to stop the extradition of Mr McKinnon, a UFO enthusiast… Read more »