The Chamber of Advocates remains disappointed with the amendments that have been made to the Code of Organisation and Civil Procedure after the enactment of the Legal Profession (Reform) Act. It reiterates that the few amendments made were merely a frail attempt to pay lip service to the regulation of the profession and the bill, as it is, remains unfit for purpose.
We are mostly aggrieved that, for reasons yet unknown and which remain inexplicable to the common sense of most, only a few of the chamber’s exhaustive list of proposals were taken on board, bits and pieces which were meshed in the law and created an outdated and redundant legislative framework, which not only goes absolutely nowhere, but leaves the profession in the same predicament.
A fitting send-off for Justice Iain Morley
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The tenure of Justice Iain Morley as a High Court judge in Antigua and Barbuda has come to an end as the Judge has been reassigned to St. Kitts and Nevis.
In recognition of his contribution to the local criminal justice system over the past four years, the Judiciary held a virtual send off for the well-learned barrister on Monday.
Justice Ann-Marie Smith, who recently joined the High Court bench in Antigua as a criminal Judge replacing Justice Stanley John, was the first to thank Justice Morley for his service.
SRUC believes that a foundation in agriculture can be applicable to many other future careers BOTH TEACHERS and farmers could play a much bigger role in ensuring more school pupils have the opportunity to learn about food and farming. Carla Coghlan is one year into her post as Schools Lead at SRUC and is passionate about ensuring that more children across Scotland can learn about the agricultural industry during their school education and believes getting teachers on board could be the best way to start. She told The SF that some teachers might shy away from teaching their pupils about farming as the language can sometimes be daunting and teachers might lack the confidence and knowledge to explore it with their classes.
THE University of Sunderland is set to build a multi-million pound facility to help train the medical professionals of tomorrow using human tissue. Sunderland City Council has granted planning permission for a new ‘cadaveric centre’ at the university’s city campus and work is expected to start in around six weeks. When completed, the centre will be key to the newly-established School of Medicine, provide training for other students within the Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing and offer vital facilities and benefits to surgeons and surgical trainees in the region. The latest development comes after the university opened its first School of Medicine in September 2018.
The recent release of the report of a panel of inquiry that probed the affairs of the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) and the subsequent removal of its President and four members by the Minister of Health has brought to the surface many problems concerning this important statutory body. It is well known that the inquiry was initiated by a complaint made by the office-bearers of a powerful trade union who happen to be members of the council.
Many deficiencies, shortcomings and irregularities in the report itself have been exposed. The impartiality of the inquiring panel has also come into question. It appears that the inquiry, meant to be of a fact-finding nature, had erroneously recommended punitive action.