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I think this trend is very worrying. I’ve have just read on the BBC website of a student that sued her university for getting a first in what she called a ‘mickey mouse’ degree where the university had stated with this degree there was a potential to earn. The Co. Court threw her case out and it has now come to notice that the university insurance company has paid out £60K contrary to the request of the university itself. The student views this as a victory.
Where will this end?? Are we in future to see every political / person being interviews having to be accompanied by their solicitor or will ‘Questiontime’ and similar progs only be run on pre-submitted and edited question and replied in a similar vein?
I think and I HOPE this will never get to court as it has a much much wider implication for all who answer questions / are interviewed on TV. Perhaps we may also need to remember that once used such legal process may well be used against members of the public / trades unions et al.
The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans
May I just clarify one important point here – Johnson has NOT been charged with any offence at all – he has been reported to attend court to answer an allegation. A person is ONLY charged when the charge is read out to him in court or when the indictment is put to him in crown court.
The CPS still have the power to intervene and dismiss all charges in any ‘private prosecution brought in the UK’.
The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans
Hi Richard,
THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO VERY MUCH.
As you are that good – can you now please re-implant the hair that used to be on my head!! ????
Perhaps I should also add that this particular doc was entirely in English but when I asked for it to be spell-checked it came up with a retort that the Welsh spell checker wasn’t installed on my PC. Fixed. Diolch yn fawr! Dave
The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans
Have a happy birthday and many more of them.
The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans
Thanks to you all, Dave’s ‘paste special’ does work and frees up the spell checker in the new doc.
What I simply cannot understand there is absolutely NO Welsh at all in the Word doc yet the s/checker only allows me to s/check in Welsh – as far as I can see/check ALL relevant language for this doc is set to English.
Richard – ” .. Is the option to detect the language being used automatically ticked? ..’ err dunno, I’m not certain how I’d get to there – I have looked at grammar and s/checker in the options in the doc itself and they all point to English.
The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans
Has anyone any ideas at all on this please?
The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans
LOL!! ?
The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans
Do you think when all this is over and Trump eventually triggers WW3 – in the aftermath, will I be able to get 3G in my part of Anglesey? ?
The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans
WoF – based on previous histories and past performance I too am totally surprised that this has not leaked into other threads as is so often the case.
The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans
VFM – whilst I totally uphold freedom of speech, opinions and expressions and I voted to REMAIN, this post has been going on for so long and during that time in many instances there has been and still is a great deal of acrimony with strongly held opinions on either side. Like many on Forumite and more than likely in the UK general public too, I am heartily sick to the back teeth of it all.
As I have said before, the opinions of all on this thread who have contributed to the debate are in the scale of the big picture are totally of no value. What will / if happens will result as of what takes place in the UK & EU Parliaments and everything and anything said on this thread will have absolutely no value or effect at all on the final decision. I partly read these posts, not to gain any information, but mainly to see who would like to cut the previous posters throat.
The whole is a circular pointless never ending argument, and anything we add now will have no effect at all.
The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans
Will no one rid me of this turbulent thread?
The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans
The evils of the demon drink!
The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans
There is no such thing as retirement, I bet in six months time, you’ll be wondering how you ever had the time to work!! ?
The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans
Currently I do not think there is any provision in law that allows the police to seek evidence from the mobile phone of a victim, that is not the same for the accused where they can access records thoughbeit occasionally by means of a court order.
Unfortunately over the years women had a very rough deal from the police when reporting a rape – “short skirt, low top – you were asking for it luv” thank God those days hopefully are long gone. In the past the prosecution barrister could spend all day enquiring into the sexual habits of the victim even if totally unrelated to the matter on trial. Those days have gone as well. Nowadays the victim ( I assume that to be a female) is protected and has her anonymity protected for life, the accused is not so lucky – his details are splashed all over the press and about 2 lines if he is acquitted. Some would say “he got away with it”, “no smoke without a fire”, in recent years too many people (males) have been accused of rape only for the trials to fall almost at the first hurdle. The innocent have their lives ruined and that also applies to a genuine rape where the accused is found to be ‘not guilty’.
Rape basically is ‘sex without consent’ normally undertaken in private with both parties present, yet as far as I understand if the consent is withdrawn mid-act then rape is a real possibility. Generally rape investigation does not involve a large number of witnesses especially if committed in private. I need not dwell on the difficulty of proving the offence one way or the other.
One does have to consider that post rape the female is requested to undergo an intimate medical examination for the purposes of gathering evidence. The accused will more likely than not be arrested at his home address in the presence of his wife and family members – yet might be subsequently shown to be totally innocent. Lives spoilt for ever.
One thing that the UK does need is to extend the anonymity principle to all parties in a rape and the identity of the accused can only be disclosed on the return of a guilty verdict. Even these days with social media, so may idiots are disclosing the identity of either those involved – some in this area have recently been prosecuted for disclosing the ID of a female in a well known sports case.
The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans
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The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans
I do feel that the CPS are much maligned quite unfairly as well. Agreed they don’t always get things right, but who on God’s Earth has never made an error of judgement?
Prior to my retirement in 2003 the rota sergeant would examine all process and ensure that all enquiries had been made, then with cut backs fewer sergeants and the investigating officer would deal with the CPS directly. A possible classic case of computer speak – ‘rubbish in, rubbish out’. The CPS are also under funded, under resourced and I do honestly feel they do their best with what they have – subject, of course, to their remit set down by the HMG as to their charging standards and the % likelihood of a successful outcome in any prosecution. Whilst it is very easy to criticise them, they too, like so many of us, have to work within a set framework set by those on high!!
The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans
Perhaps I should also add that the whole ethos of ‘advance disclosure’ was to ensure that all police evidence was examined and any evidence which could be of use to the defence was disclosed to them – subject to certain rules etc. etc.
Regrettably this became necessary when the police seemed to take it upon themselves simply to provide evidence which pointed to the guilt of the suspect and ignored anything that suggested otherwise. As a PI I have come across such instances where evidence for the defence has been simply ignored or not followed up. The whole purpose of the police and any of their enquiries is NOT to show guilt or otherwise but merely to gather the available evidence and present same to the prosecuting authority (CPS). Unfortunately in many instances the police appeared to have forgotten their main purpose or as in many cases new evidence came to light before trial. In those days such new evidence did not need to be disclosed to the defence.
Both in uniform and CID my 100% total belief was in one of impartiality and even to this day I can put my head on my pillow at night still holding that premise. Unfortuantely times have changed, police officers are now different, they are more stressed and overworked, less supervised which can lead to ‘cutting corners’.
The sole purpose of the police in relation to criminal investigation is to record the facts impartially and honestly ‘for or against’ the ‘accused’ and ‘victim’ . Too often in my time on CID there was always a small faction who would say “I know who did that …” and then spent a lot of time trying to prove their idea. (I could say that they would get the evidence to fit their facts – but in all honesty that would not be the correct wording here – SERIOUSLY).
I always asked one very very important question to myself “If I was in trouble with the police, how would I wish them to investigate me?” That was my standard and it stood me in good stead for 30 years.
The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans
The whole purpose of ‘advance disclosure’ to the defence is to ensure that the ‘suspect’ and his legal team have all the available evidence which would assist them to obtain a not guilty verdict and not just release evidence which would tend to show guilt i.e. the police /CPS are duty bound to give the defence their evidence if it would assist the defence case. This does not always happen for various reasons.
Unfortunately we have seen several cases, as in the one making the current topic of this post, where mobile phone evidence has been disclosed at a very late stage when the trial has actually begun. The investigation of rape cases can be a very long and protracted matter involving a large number of offices, scenes of crime officers, family support offices and backroom staff feeding computers. Rape is indictable only and crown courts, judges and staff etc cost money. It’s our money.
If there has been banter between the perpetrator and the victim then I say it should be disclosed as soon as possible even if that does reduce the possibility of and trial let alone conviction. Let us also remember that the victim will be protected and retain her anonymity however the accused is generally splashed across the pages of the gutter press. It is not a level playing field.
Rape is a despicable crime, but please remember there are some pretty despicable females out there as well – I’ve dealt with some.
The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans
Memories – my first decent radio was a Roberts Radio and followed a few years later by a ‘Hacker’ make – superb quality and build – gave me very good service for years – all though Uni and a good few years afterwards – wooden body and it took 2 x PP3s (the big 9v batteries) – no main adaptors in those days it was build your own!
The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans
“Horace Batchelor’s “Famous Infra-Draw Method” – God, Dave that takes me back a few years, quite a few years – quite a few years too many actually!! Lol?
The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans
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