Last week a High Court judge sanctioned the sterilisation of a man with learning difficulties, ruling that, if his girlfriend got pregnant again, it could cause him psychological damage.
Ban To Be Lifted On Healthcare Workers With HIV
New rules are to be brought in surrounding healthcare staff with HIV, with the ban that stops them performing certain medical procedures, such as surgery, to be lifted first.
Private Emails Not So Private
People sending email to any of Google’s 425 million Gmail users apparently have “no reasonable expectation” that their correspondence is confidential, according to the firm itself.
Data Protection Vote Postponed Again
The European Union is currently reviewing the European Data Protection framework in order to ensure that European law is fit for purpose for the digital era, despite the parliamentary vote on amendments to data protection law has just been postponed for the third successive time.
Hate Crime Consultation Needs Responses
The Law Commission published a consultation recently asking whether or not the laws around hate crime should be reformed to cover disability, sexual orientation and gender, race and religion.