As has been widely reported, sections 1 to 12 of the Health Act 2006 came into force this morning, in effect introducing a ban on smoking in enclosed public places – including pubs, bars, caffs and restaurants as well […]

I’ve just heard a report on BBC News 24 about Southampton Employment Tribunal’s compensatory award of £18,000 for unfair dismissal to Terri King. Ms. King was sacked by her employer, Lymington Citizen’s Advice Bureau, for breaching their client confidentiality policy. […]

RemedyUK has lost its judicial review claim against Patricia Hewitt, and she’s claiming costs against them, which they’re miffed about, not surprisingly. They’re not intending to appeal, so she can get on with the way ahead for the […]

RemedyUK was in the Administrative Court at the RCJ today, at the hearing of its judicial review challenge to the government’s MTAS system for appointing junior doctors. Tom De La Mare of Blackstone Chambers is for them, instructed by Leigh […]

Yesterday it was reported that a team at Imperial College, London have developed a new, cheap version of interferon to treat hepatitis C, by altering its molecular structure. Instead of coating the interferon with sugar, they can insert […]

Patricia Hewitt has announced that she’ll bring sections 2 and 7 of the Health Act 2006 – they’re the sections that provide for a smoking ban and an offence of smoking in smoke-free premises – into