Posted in Legal Profession, Oppression, Politics on September 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Dear Diary,
My correspondence today includes a letter from the LSC. In July the Law Society judicially reviewed the new LSC contract regarding civil cases. Opinion is divided whether the Law Society won or lost: most observers think that Beatson J’s declaration that the proposed unified contract was incompatible with the Public Contract Regulations 2006 represents a [...]
Posted in Human Rights Act, Oppression, Politics, Terrorism on September 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Dear Diary,
Lord Justice Stephen Sedley has called for a national DNA database to include every inhabitant of this country and every visitor. Sedley LJ is a genuinely distinguished Judge who is probably unique in being identified with the left. He contributes to the London Review of Books which, whilst generally disgusting, is certainly on the left. [...]
Posted in Oppression on August 16, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Not content with banning smoking and drinking, Ruthie is intrigued to see that the state is now using criminal sanctions to protect us all from the scourge of consenting adults having sex in private.
A senior police officer who had sex in his lunchhour was unanimously acquitted of a charge of wilful misconduct in public office [...]
