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In a ground-breaking judgment, with widespread implications for the press reporting of all legal proceedings, the Court of Appeal has this morning ended life-long anonymity protection for doctors in medical cases including in hugely controversial end-of-life cases.  The ruling may potentially lead to the discharging of anonymity orders made in dozens of similar cases.

This Friday, two grieving families who have challenged the secrecy of life and death proceedings in the Family Division of the High Court, expect judgment in their case. 

A Christian theology lecturer with five young children has been sacked and threatened with a Counter-Terrorism referral by a Methodist bible college for a tweet on human sexuality that went viral.

In a highly unusual, if not unprecedented move, the President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal, has been forced to recuse two lay panel members for perceived bias on transgenderism and extreme sex education.

Lawyers representing Christian mother Kristie Higgs, have this morning made an urgent application to the court inviting a member of the panel for her appeal hearing to recuse himself on the grounds of apparent bias.