Intellectual Property of CRISPR-Cas9 - Prioritising monopoly over innovation?
US patents grant inventors a 20 year monopoly over the technology in return for disclosing the details of how it works. [1] This fuels...
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Solicitor struck off for lying about degree classification on his CV
When questioned, he claimed he had “created a persona that he thought was required for a role in private practice.”
Solicitor without a practicing certificate accepted money for work he was not completing
A client was deceived by a Solicitor without a practicing certificate, who accepted money to pursue an appeal and then did not complete the work. Gavin Clarke’s behavior was described as “fundamentally incompatible’ with continued membership of the profession by the Solicitor’s Disciplinary Tribunal and he has now been struck off.
Solicitor who worked for three firms at once struck off
A Solicitor submitted identical timesheets to two different firms. Belinda Sarkodie was employed full time at the law firm Muve. While working as a locum for two more firms, Wright & Lord Solicitors Limited and Property Legal (Manchester) Limited. She submitted timesheets claiming payment for the same hours from both firms, misleading them between 29 June 2021 and 16 July 2021.
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Is the regulation of genetic parentage information (when mitochondrial replacement is used) an ethical approach?
Does the narrow scope of The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015 render the regulations unethical?
MP’s vote to decriminalise abortion is a significant win for women’s rights
In historic vote, women will be able to abort their pregnancies for any reason up to the point or birth without being prosecuted.
Should the UK law mirror Article 294 of the Dutch Penal Code?
Article 294 of the Dutch Penal Code needs to be satisfied for Physician Assisted Suicide to be lawful. This criteria does not...
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