The drugs made me do it: can prescription side-effects be an excuse for crime?

Jul 08, 2016 23:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Law

This week, a man who murdered his wife while she slept and blamed his actions in part on the effects of a sleeping pill he was taking, was given an extra two years jail time taking his sentence to 21 years. The killer,...

Too many males spell trouble for UK migratory birds

Jul 08, 2016 23:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

If you hear a bird singing in the spring, you might assume its calling to a potential mate in the hope of producing offspring. But in parts of the UK, birdsong could be helping to mask the fact that the populations of...

Briferendum Aftermath Series

Could a corporation tax rate of 15% work for the UK?

Jul 08, 2016 23:44 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Business

Britains chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, has proposed a significant cut in the main rate of corporation tax. The move has largely been seen as an attempt to soothe the concerns of UK businesses struggling to...

What other industries can learn from the failures of greyhound racing

Jul 08, 2016 23:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports Law

Those in the greyhound racing industry were surprised by the Premier of NSWs has announcement on the banning of the industry in NSW from 1 July 2017, closely followed in the ACT. But the writing has been on the wall...

Briferendum Aftermath Series

Hard Evidence: how areas with low immigration voted mainly for Brexit

Jul 08, 2016 23:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The EU referendum was, for many people, a referendum on immigration. A survey conducted on behalf of Lord Ashcroft shortly after votes had been cast, showed that 33% stated their main reason for voting Leave was because it...

Briferendum Aftermath Series

How project fear turned into Bregrexit

Jul 08, 2016 23:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The UKs EU referendum campaign was played out on emotions, using strong emphasis on immigration, the economy and national sovereignty to sway voters. The feelings that dominated both sides were overwhelmingly negative, and...

NATO fights to hold western alliance together

Jul 08, 2016 23:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Given the various crises afflicting the EU, it would be easy to forget that NATO, Europes second organisational pillar, has serious problems of its own. The summit in Warsaw will put on a good show of allied resolve but...