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Why create new law

October 9, 2011 17 comments
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Prompted by a post by LongRider about safe limits and drinking and driving I started thinking about his idea that there shouldn’t be a law against drinking and driving as the laws of murder and manslaughter and GBH etc. should cover the injuries and fatalities caused by drunk drivers. The powers that be don’t trust [...]

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Limits of Law (Quote of the Day)

September 16, 2011
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The wisdom of John B Legislate when people tread on other people’s toes, not about the way they stand?

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Supporting The Death Penalty

August 17, 2011 63 comments
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A Guest Post from James Garry. On the 5th of August, DazPearce contributed an article to this organ entitled “Opposing the death penalty“. Mr Pearce’s article, I feel, contained misrepresentations of the ‘pro’ capital punishment argument. His argument also relied heavily on the unhappy case of a Mr Stefan Kiszko – dubbed The greatest miscarriage of [...]

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Juries as confused as a Hungry Baby in a Topless Bar

July 27, 2011 7 comments
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Some British Judges have a sense of humour, but I have yet to hear one come out with something like this in a Judgement at the relief of avoiding a hearing. From the case of Barbara Kissel vs Schwartz & Maines & Ruby Co., LPA, et al. And such news of an amicable settlement having [...]

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Covert Recording accepted in Evidence by Appeal Court

June 20, 2011 6 comments

Have you secretly recorded your neighbour stating that your cat might suddenly vanish into the great mousehole in the sky, but they deny it? The Appeal Court accepted a covert recording made in the course of a neighbour dispute into evidence for a case, and has relied on those recordings as evidence when making a [...]

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Rakofsky versus the Internet

May 25, 2011 5 comments

It’s nice to know that apocalyptic language is still daily use in some circles: Washington Post, through Alexander and Jenkins, in a grossly irresponsible manner without due consideration for the standards of information gathering and dissemination ordinarily followed by responsible parties, in reckless disregard for the truth, undertook to defame and malign Rakofsky and RLF [...]

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Hyper-injunctions | The Secret Misery.

March 19, 2011 80 comments
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On Thursday afternoon, in a back room of Parliament, history was made.  A few MPs found themselves a backbone; they found a way in which they could exercise their Freedom of Speech and perform their ancient duty, drawn from the Bill of Rights 1688, of redressing the grievances of the citizens who rely on them. [...]

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