Iain Ramsay and
Ian Arnott
respond to George Monbiot’s article on cuts to trading standards and the lack of law enforcement
Iain Ramsay tried to contact trading
standards in relation to a national retailer continuing to run a ‘closing down’ sale for many months, but was unable to do so directly. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA
Iain Ramsay tried to contact trading
standards in relation to a national retailer continuing to run a ‘closing down’ sale for many months, but was unable to do so directly. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA
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Leah Arthur gets middle temple scholarship
Article by May 14, 2021
Kent law student Leah Arthur has been awarded a scholarship from The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple which she hopes will help her realise her ambition to become a barrister and combat international power imbalances for developing states.
Arthur, a final-year Law LLB student, has been awarded a Benefactors’ Scholarship together with a Blackstone Entrance Exhibition which will help fund the cost of the Bar Vocational Studies, with integrated LLM, that she’ll begin at City, University of London in September.
Middle Temple is one of four Inns of Court; the historic societies that educate and train barristers in England and Wales. At Middle Temple, scholarships are awarded on merit after taking into account the candidate’s intellectual ability, motivation to succeed at the Bar, advocacy potential and personal qualities. The amount of the award depends on the scholar’s financial cir
No patent waiver, but here are the alternatives vaccine makers are offering for Covid shots
Proposal for intellectual property & and patent rights waiver was first introduced at WTO in 2020 by India and South Africa. It has been opposed by US and Europe.
Kairvy Grewal 27 April, 2021 3:25 pm IST Text Size:
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New Delhi: Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) met last week and continued their resistance towards India and South Africa’s proposal to waive intellectual property (IP) and patent rights on Covid-19 vaccines.
Instead, vaccine makers have offered alternatives such as technology transfer and licences Serum Institute of India, for example, manufactures Covishield under a licence from AstraZeneca, which developed it with Oxford University researchers to boost the global immunisation effort.
A new report has linked 10 former Nigerian governors to properties worth £56 million (about N30bn) in the United Kingdom. The report on illicit financial flow (IFF) from Nigeria to the UK and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) also showed that 216 properties are owned by 13 law enforcement officers in the UAE. BREAKING: JAMB […]