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Like, I suspect, a number of my professional colleagues, I have grave concerns about the sudden emergence of historical sex crimes following the well-publicised Operation Yewtree, set up in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
Omar Othman or Abu Qatada (‘The Palestinian’) is destined to hit the headlines at least a couple more times. Once will be when the Jordanian parliament ratifies a newly negotiated mutual legal assistance treaty with the UK (said to be imminent). And then again when he departs of his own free will after it has come into force, as promised by his counsel. This will be portrayed by the home secretary as the successful negotiation of a series of obstructive court judgments. Lawyers, collectively and individually, should recognise it for what it really is: a triumph for human rights.
On the 21 June the recently established whistleblowing commission’s consultation examining the effectiveness of existing arrangements for workplace whistleblowing will close. Responses will be summarised by the end of the year and recommendations for change will follow.
This column occasionally quotes Yes Minister, with the excuse that the now antique sitcom is more educational than any politics degree. In The Writing on the Wall, mandarin perm sec Sir Humphrey Appleby advises Jim Hacker of one crackpot policy: ‘Minister, if you are going to do this damn silly thing, don’t do it in this damn silly way.’
by Mehmooda Duke, managing director of medical negligence lawyers Moosa-Duke
I have believed for years that there must be a correlation between government spending on the NHS and the number of medical negligence cases brought against it.
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