http://www.teniabaker.com/blog Tenia Baker, trainee personal injury law and medical law barrister Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:59:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The GMC was again in the news this week, however, this time they were the ones on the defensive. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, at their AGM noted their 'grave concern' over child protection complaints. Dr John Bridson had originally tabled a vote of no-confidence against the GMC, ... http://www.teniabaker.com/blog/2008/opinion/opinion_news/rcpch-gravely-concerned-over-gmc/ In an interesting twist in the ongoing MMR debate, the BBC report that Dr Wakefield, the physician who first linked autism to the MMR jab, is currently appearing before the GMC. Allegations against him centre around 1996-1998, the period during which he was researching for his paper on the MMR vaccine. ... http://www.teniabaker.com/blog/2008/news/general-medical-council-investigate-mmr-doctor/ A couple of days ago London had its turn at guiding the Olympic torch onward to Beijing. Despite a few scuffles it made its way safely to France only for Parisian officials to snuff it out themselves. This got me thinking: isn't the Olympic torch dangerous? The carriers run on what are ... http://www.teniabaker.com/blog/2008/opinion/opinion_news/health-safety-problem-of-olympic-proportions/ I've been noticing recently that, whilst there are a huge amount of specialist legal blogs there are practically none on the subjects of personal injury or medical law more generally. There are lots of US personal injury law blogs, but hardly any that are UK based. I can't believe there is ... http://www.teniabaker.com/blog/2008/personal-injury/personal-injury-and-medical-law-blogs/ Yesterday I went to my graduation at the Barbican. It all went brilliantly and was a very emotional day.   To my surprise, I not only received my degree certificate, but was lucky enough to be jointly-awarded the Law School prize - awarded to the student who has done the most to ... http://www.teniabaker.com/blog/2008/professional-development/graduation/ I would like to wish everyone a, very early, but nonetheless merry, Christmas and a happy new year. No related posts. http://www.teniabaker.com/blog/2007/seasonal/merry-christmas/