Showing posts with label Judicial system. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Judicial system. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 06, 2026

The Joy of Six 1587

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Cathy Mongaghan says Essex County Council's Operation Vanguard shows what can happen when a party built on amplifying fear and division...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2026

The Joy of Six 1584

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"The judge told him he did not qualify for asylum and asked the 13-year-old to make a choice: a promise of a $3,000 stipend from the De...
Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Sir Ranulph Fiennes admits he narrowly avoided prison after blowing up Dr Doolittle movie dam

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This headline dates from 2018, so I'm not putting it to the judges, but the story below it is worth repeating because Sir Ranulph is in ...
Monday, September 28, 2026

The Joy of Six 1583

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The New World warns that Rupert Lowe is coming for your parents: "Lowe’s success exemplifies how Facebook has weaponised the anxieties...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Coyote vs. Acme: "A warm and witty and weirdly moving film"

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I went into Leicester yesterday to see Coyote vs. Acme – or "Coyote and Acme" as the lawyers are no doubt calling it. As to my ver...
Wednesday, September 09, 2026

Pennsylvania's Kids for Cash Scandal shows the danger of the profit motive in the juvenile justice system

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If you want to see the danger of introducing the profit motive into the detention of young offenders, watch this video on Pennsylvania's...
Wednesday, July 01, 2026

The Joy of Six 1541

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"Former MI6, counterterror, and police officials expressed disbelief at the refusal by the British authorities to countenance a full mu...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

A topical video: What constitutes "reasonable force"

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Another video from barrister-at-law Alan Robertshaw. One interesting point he makes is that the common courtroom assumption that a statement...
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Monday, March 09, 2026

The Joy of Six 1486

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The Secret Barrister argues that Keir Starmer and David Lammy are taking an extraordinarily dangerous gamble with our individual liberty: ...
Thursday, March 05, 2026

The Joy of Six 1484

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"It’s easy to believe that this is all a blatant and shameful effort by Republicans to distract from the Epstein files, shift focus fro...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

The Joy of Six 1480

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"The memoir shows that for Mandelson the cast of people who matter is very narrow, he is always the betrayed rather than the betrayer, ...
Thursday, February 05, 2026

What charges might Peter Mandelson face in court?

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Barrister at law Alan Robertshaw is our guide to the complexities of the law on insider trading and misconduct in public office.
Sunday, December 21, 2025

The Joy of Six 1452

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Peter Jukes says Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev must be investigated in a new public inquiry into Russian influence "If you are y...
Friday, December 05, 2025

The Joy of Six 1445

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"Whether it is the private contractors paid enormous sums of public money to bring prisoners to court failing to bring prisoners to cou...
Sunday, November 30, 2025

Magistrate Dr Delicate censured for swearing

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BBC News wins our Headline of the Day Award. The good doctor's response was a bit "I'm sorry if you feel you've been sworn...
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Saturday, October 18, 2025

The Joy of Six 1423

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"The study, which examined nearly 300 child-arrangement case files and observed over 100 hearings, found that domestic abuse featured i...
Thursday, October 16, 2025

Chinese spying case: Why did the Crown Prosecution Service throw in the towel?

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Alan Robertshaw looks at the Crown Prosecution's decision not to pursue the case against two men who were charged with spying on behalf ...
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Wednesday, October 01, 2025

The Joy of Six 1416

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"Gill and Farage remained close. When the latter quit UKIP in December 2018, Gill followed him two days later. In the following Februar...
Friday, September 26, 2025

Lord Chief Justice Goddard played a part in the abolition of national ID cards in 1951

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With Labour returning to its ancestral love of national identity cards, the name of Harry Willcock has been heard again. He was the Liberal...
Thursday, September 11, 2025

The Joy of Six 1408

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Helen Charman  dissects the claims of the flag-bearing demonstrators. "One slogan used to promote the hotel protests on social media, o...