News and legal insights from the Burton Copeland team

3rd May 2016

Professional discipline/healthcare regulatory news february – march 2016

A round-table discussion at the General Pharmaceutical Council relating to pre-registration pharmacist education and training in England took place on 3 February 2016.

2nd May 2016

Synthetic cannabis is having a “devastating impact” in prison

Synthetic cannabis is having a “devastating impact” and has been blamed for deaths, serious illness and episodes of self-harm among inmates.

25th April 2016

Gwyn Lewis speaks in the Telegraph newspaper in relation to sleep driving.

The article came about following an article by Jonathan Wall commenting on the Tulisa Contostavlos case in which it was said during an interview at the police station that she was “sleep walking or “sleep driving”.

22nd April 2016

GMC issues advice to junior doctors ahead of all-out strike

Over the course of the last few months, we have seen junior doctors in the United Kingdom take part in industrial action, striking as a result of new contracts brought into force by the government.

19th April 2016

Lily Allen critical of the metropolitan police in stalking case

On the same day that the Home Office tweet a reminder that stalking is a crime and the Crown Prosecution Service tweet a link to the Protection from Harassment Act and Stalking legislation, Lily Allen criticises The Metropolitan Police for “victim shaming and victim blaming”.

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