law and ethics

Human Animal Hybrid JR Refused

Iain Nisbet
December 10, 2008 01:05

The High Court today refused the Christian Legal Centre and CORE permission to judicially review the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's decision to grant research licences which involves creating animal human hybrids. The main concern in this case was that the rule of law was...

Sturgeon "not persuaded" on euthanasia

Iain Nisbet
November 03, 2008 23:06

Nicola Sturgeon MSP, the Health Secretary, has been reported as saying she was "not persuaded" that assisted suicide should be made legal, after independent MSP Margo MacDonald said she hoped to bring legislation on the subject before Holyrood next year. Ms. Sturgeon (with whom I once...

New Appointments

Iain Nisbet
August 16, 2008 21:53

Patrick Layden QC will be appointed as Commissioner to the Scottish Law Commission, with effect from September 1, 2008. Mr Layden replaces Professor Gerry Maher, whose appointment ends on August 31, 2008. Also, we hear news from Milne Media that one Doreen Graham of the Scottish Society for the...

HFEA grants human-pig hybrid embryo licence

Iain Nisbet
July 02, 2008 21:34

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has recently granted a licence to the Clinical Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick, which permits the creation of human-pig hybrid embryos for research purposes. This licence is purportedly enacted under the Human...