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Solicitor Ema Cubitt has been appointed as Northern Ireland's first independent autism reviewer. The role will include monitoring the implementation and effectiveness of Northern Ireland's autism strategy and reviewing the adequacy of services provided to autistic people, their families and carers a

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The US no longer has a "workable" constitution and its top court has become too politicised to act as "impartial constitutional arbiters", Lord Sumption has said. In an essay for Prospect magazine, the former justice of the UK Supreme Court mounts an unprecedented attack on its US counterpart, highl

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A brain surgeon is being prosecuted after allegedly allowing his teenage daughter to help drill a hole in a patient's skull. The Austrian doctor, who has not been named, allegedly invited his 13-year-old child to help treat a man who suffered serious head injuries in a forestry accident, Sky News re

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Vapers are opposed to proposed new restrictions on flavoured vape products, the findings of a government consultation suggest. Health minister Stephen Donnelly and the minister of state with responsibility for public health, wellbeing and the national drug strategy, Colm Burke, last week published t

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The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal (LPDT) has imposed sanctions on 17 lawyers since its formal establishment, according to its first chairperson's report. Of those, 14 were subject to less serious sanctions including censures and fines, while three were subject to more serious sanctions,

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Eight new board members have been appointed to An Bord Pleanála, with the maximum number of board members also increased from 14 to 17. The new board members, who will take up their positions from 2 September 2024, are Declan Moore, Liam McGree, Marie O'Connor, Mary Gurrie, Mary Henchy, Mary

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Filmmaker Danny Boyle has been banned by a church court from filming scenes for his zombie apocalypse threequel in an English church. The Consistory Court of the Diocese of Newcastle said the Morpeth Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin would be "profaned" by the filming, The Telegraph reports.

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A burglar was caught in the middle of a robbery after stopping to read a book on Greek mythology. The 38-year-old man reportedly broke into a flat in the Prati district of Rome but became distracted after picking up a book about Homer's Iliad.

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Junior lawyers are being offered bonuses of £38,000 for referring their friends for jobs, as the talent war in London continues. The bonuses are on top of salaries for NQs which start at £180,000 at Paul Weiss and £164,000 at Kirkland & Ellis. The referral scheme at Kirkland &a

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