I really don’t like Keith Vaz.
I don’t like his posturing, his jumping on every available bandwagon, his readiness to ruin the reputation of others and the glee with which he does it.
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Homo Affairs Select Committee
Prurient Interest v. Public Interest.
Regular readers will be aware of my long standing interest in the Court of Protection. It was the Stephen Neary case, first published here, which opened the door to the ‘Transparency Pilot’ and the admission
Discerning Light and Darkness in the Twilight World.
The Twilight World, that chamber of horrors complete with trick mirrors distorting reality, and ghostly shrieks from memories past, that some unfortunate individuals are forced to dwell in towards the end of their days.
It is
Continue reading →Janner's Janissaries.
Lord Greville Janner’s loyal family and supporters are fighting a futile battle to preserve his reputation in the face of the disingenuous statements from both the CPSÂ and the Leicestershire Police.
The CPS laid emphasis on the
Continue reading →Immigrants – 'Gimme Grants'!
Immigrants add to the full richness of British life.
There, I’ve said it. Now you can all land on my head and not bother to read the rest of the post.
There are a
Continue reading →Mounting Court Costs.
Behind every great lawyer there is a woman – lugging an immense pile of court papers.
Those papers are known as the ‘court bundle’ – and since april of this year, there have been strenuous efforts
Continue reading →What Drives a False Allegator?
I had expected that I should have been writing a ‘Court of Protection’ story this morning, I spent the week-end bashing my head against possibly the most complex decision to ever emanate from the Court; however, the more I read,
Continue reading →Hyperbole and the Media.
The media, as we have long been aware, are selective when it comes to identifying the news which they think we should find important. ‘If it bleeds, it leads’ is not just a cliché.
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Giving Potential Victims a Voice!
Blimey! You folk have really pi**ed off the authoritarian voice of social services. Congratulations â it does my heart good to see what a difference your voices made.
I was aware before that helping you make
Continue reading →Perception, Deception, and Misconception.
Several weeks ago, the Daily Mail ran a story concerning two women who had âfleecedâ their aunt of £200,000. The Mail gleefully listed the Rolex watches and named the designer handbags the women had bought,
Continue reading →Save Your Freedom â Please Retweet!
We need to âgird our loinsâ and go to battle folks, I need your assistance on this one! Please retweet this post to anyone you think might pay attention, and kick into action those who you think
Continue reading →The Secret Court and the Media.
The ânewsâ has to be massaged and imbued with emotive content to interest the Media.
That which most of us would consider ânewsâ â citizens jailed without trial or representation; pension funds raided; savings devalued; citizens starved to death; citizens arrested
Continue reading →Love and Marriage, more or less than a legal contract?
Nietzsche, the German philosopher, said that marriage was âthe will that moves two to create the one which is more than those who created itâ.
Throughout history, human beings have ignored the cold words of the
Continue reading →Is God Unemployed Now?
I ask because of a headline from the Independent this morning that I find stunning.
âBrain damaged patient allowed to die with dignityâ, Judge rules.
It is the way the article is worded that interests me
Continue reading →The Rotten and Vicious Borough of Hillingdon.
From Hillsborough to Hillingdon in 24 hours. Here we go.
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Feminism and the Joy of Sex.
There are several comments in the judgment
Continue reading →Free Will and Social Services.
The Lord Chancellor, as he was fondly known and had been for about 1400 years, until Tony Blair sought to distance himself from the wallpapering disaster known as Derry Irvine, devising a system of Kremlin-lite titles until finally
Continue reading →Rotten Borough? â the Vicious Borough of Hillingdon.
Social Services have long memories, and a messianic distaste for having their noses tweaked by those with more power then they.
Those with equally long memories will remember the case of Stephen Neary that we so
Continue reading →Just a Feint Glimmer of Light.
The focus of mental health activists for many years has been ‘deprivation of liberty’ – if you look at the case load of the majority of lawyers who claim to specialise in mental health legal abuses, you
Continue reading →Too Stupid for Sex – Episode 2.
Mention the name Enoch Powell, and within minutes someone will reference his ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech. Arguably, and sadly, that speech did nothing to change the marching speed of the progressives.
It was not the
Continue reading →The Hillingdon âDOLâ House â Part 2
The Hillingdon âDOLâ House Part 2
By Gildas The Monk
And so where were we�
Oh yes! It is October 2010. Hillingdon Council have now detained the vulnerable Steven Neary, against his wishes and the
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The final curtain falls at the Hillingdon âDOLâ House
By Gildas The Monk
The case of the unlawful detention of Steven Neary by Hillingdon Council in 2010 is a topic upon which our learned editor Anna
Continue reading →Court of Appeal Abolishes Magna Carta?
As 2011 draws to a close I felt it time for me to put pen to paper and write about the Cheshire West case. This is another unfortunate âDeprivation of Liberty Caseâ in which the Court of
Continue reading →Public Sector Perks.
The Devil is always in the detail.
Time was when the only civil service âperkâ was the tea trolley merrily clanging its way along the corridors of power; they have become much more sophisticated at accruing
Continue reading →Hyperventilating Over Paedophilia
Paedophilia is an emotive subject; banned in âpoliteâ media circles, it has become virtually the exclusive province of the Blogosphere.
Every day â as Matt Wardman discovered when he took over
Continue reading →Autism revisited
One of the defining features of Autism is the obsessive nature of repeat actions. Autistic children are quite capable of maintaining a week long smashing, grabbing, and screaming rage if they are prevented from carrying out some
Continue reading →Another One Bites The Dust in the Court of Protection
Dear Legal Profession,
What fun! I can remember a time when âlitigants in personâ were mocked as the âafflictedâ by the legal profession. A nuisance. Didnât understand the system. Not
Continue reading →Judgment Day
Once again, the High Court is being asked to quantify âenjoyment of lifeâ. This time the vanishing point has been moved forward from the âfutilityâ of the Bland case.
I am at a loss, as
Continue reading →Reform required for the Court of Protection
If you were disabled, how much would you want to be protected? The thought occurred to me today whilst reading about the case of a disabled man living in care in one of the Court of Protectionâs
Continue reading →Protecting the Vulnerable?
The recent case of Steven Neary is the tip of the iceberg. Mark Neary is to be commended for winning his case, but the grim truth is that he is an exception and not the rule.
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