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Owen's Law: the case for written allergen information in every food business
Health, Sports & Psychology

Owen's Law: the case for written allergen information in every food business

...Law calls for written allergen information to be a legal requirement in every food business. This three-part podcast series examines the human cost of the current system, what good allergen practice looks like, and why culture and law must work together to protect people with food allergies...When the system fails, people die For the 2 million people in the UK living with...
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Five Equity, Trust and Land Law Cases You Should Know
Society, Politics & Law

Five Equity, Trust and Land Law Cases You Should Know

...law cases and why they matter...CTB v News Group Newspapers Limited and Imogen Thomas Does the right to freedom of expression and information prevail over a right to privacy? Not always, as shown in this animation about anonymised injunctions… Transcript Lloyds Bank plc v Rosset If you are unmarried and living with your partner in a property, do you have an interest in...
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What does the law say about a second Scottish independence referendum?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the law say about a second Scottish independence referendum?

...law allowing an independence referendum to be held. But the crucial word here is “temporarily”. While the Scottish parliament had the right to pass the 2013 Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013, that right was quickly transferred back to London after the 2014 vote. Now in 2017, the terrain is very different. The UK government was quick to dismiss Sturgeon’s...
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Will a new European law mean YouTube has to monitor your uploads?
Society, Politics & Law

Will a new European law mean YouTube has to monitor your uploads?

...laws like this threaten ordinary Internet users' rights, by giving private intermediaries incentives to delete perfectly lawful online expression. [Watching you: a giant picture of an eye on a stand above a bicycle rack] Eyes everywhere? The good news is that the Commission won’t revise the EU’s core intermediary liability law, the eCommerce Directive. That Directive...
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When the skeletons won’t go home: what the law says after Halloween
Society, Politics & Law

When the skeletons won’t go home: what the law says after Halloween

...law says when the spooky season’s guests don’t return to their graves and why even the undead can be trespassers...Halloween, as well as being a religious celebration, is a time of fun and high jinks, and a lot of unnatural occurrences happen that do not occur at other times of the year. For instance, skeletons and dead bodies return from their graves, and ghouls and...
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What is Royal Assent - and why don't laws come into force straight away?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Royal Assent - and why don't laws come into force straight away?

...laws in the United Kingdom. But there's sometimes a delay before the new law comes into force...[Queen Elizabeth II] What is Royal Assent? Royal Assent is when the monarch formally assents to a Bill (a piece of prospective legislation that has already been approved by Parliament) in order for it to pass into law. Once Royal Assent has been given the Bill is an Act of...
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A quiet man, hounded: One person's experience of the UK's anti-homosexuality laws
History & The Arts

A quiet man, hounded: One person's experience of the UK's anti-homosexuality laws

...law two decades earlier was the distinguished art historian and curator of Leicester Art Gallery, Trevor Thomas. His story is indicative of how others were treated and cautionary of how current injustices inflict harm. Thomas was a great supporter of German expressionist art, which ultimately resulted in Leicester possessing the best collection in the UK – around 500...
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Today’s immigration laws have teeth, and their bite is toxic for people seeking asylum
Society, Politics & Law

Today’s immigration laws have teeth, and their bite is toxic for people seeking asylum

...law, cartoon, Society Matters] As a dock city, Liverpool has served as a gateway to the sugar trade, slavery and global transport for hundreds of years. It has long been a city of immigrants from Ireland, India and Pakistan to Somalia, Ethiopia and Jamaica. It boasts the oldest Chinese community in Europe, and the largest Chinese arch outside of China. But like other...
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