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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been granted permission by the High Court to bring a judicial review of Defra’s decision to withdraw the general licence (GL43) that allowed the release of gamebirds in certain areas of England. BASC’s ‘Fighting Fund’ is being used to support the High Court challenge. BASC chief executive Ian… Read more »
Long overdue legislation setting out the regulatory framework for physician assistants (PAs) and anaesthesia assistants (AAs) has been published today. Commenting on the legislation, Dr Michael Devlin, head of professional standards and liaison at the MDU said: “This important piece of legislation not only introduces much needed regulation for PAs and AAs, it will also be… Read more »
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The Home Office has been forced to deny claims that plans are being drawn up to release thousands of prisoners early if Britain’s jails become too full. The so-called administrative release system would, according to The Times, see inmates serving sentences of under a year freed early if the prison population became unmanageable. “We do… Read more »
Compensation paid to prisoners for assault, accidents and other complaints has doubled in the past year to more than £4 million, official figures show. The majority of this money was paid in out of court settlements – £4 million – while a further £26,000 was awarded by the courts in 2005-06. This compares to just… Read more »
