The Portuguese have a proverb – ‘Águas quietas são profundas’ – ‘Still waters run deep’; nowhere is this more apt than in their judicial system. Whilst it might appear to the uninitiated that nothing has
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Portuguese Trial by Media – Graham Mitchell and the EAW.
Late last night I received an e-mail from
Continue reading →Exclusive – Update on the Portuguese European Arrest Warrant.
Oh dear, oh dear.
I would not want to take anything away from Mr Jörling’s achievement in making the most of his life after his tragic injury in Portugal, nor do I seek to make
Continue reading →Portuguese Men O Law
The long tentacles of the Portuguese Judiciary have reached out and wrapped themselves around another Briton. This time it is not just a name that we read in the papers, it is one of our own, a fellow blogger,
Continue reading →Skunk as a Lord?
Skunk: A person regarded as obnoxious or despicable.
But it was done with considerable input
Continue reading →In support of Laurie Penny
Not a post I expected to be writing this afternoon; it was to be about Laurie’s interesting comments on Channel 4 News last night.
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Wigs Maketh Not Wisdom
The European Court and Reform
In 1857 slavery was alive and well in the United States of America. Seeking his freedom a brave slave sued in Court in order to secure his family’s release.
Continue reading →(No) Caution! Police at Work!
We all support the police. Don’t we? I mean you do, don’t you?
In fact it depends. I would happily still throttle the pair who seemed to think they were Starsky and Hutch
Continue reading →Citizen Police
The Peelian principle states that “The police are the public and the public are the police“
So when a member of the public is willing to stand up when something goes wrong rather than stay
Continue reading →Sovereign Piracy
I realise that many of you may see this as something of a specialist rant, if you will, but bear with me.
I was provided with a link to a rather fascinating document about the matter of
Continue reading →Stupid Idiot
So a teenager called Paul Thompson has been called a stupid idiot. Now it’s well known that most teenagers are stupid idiots. I was when I was
Continue reading →Pompous Letters from Pompous Lawyers about Pompous Politicians
It’s the middle of the weekend and I currently have two curious puzzles:
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A Tale of Two Welfare Checks
Recently I’ve heard two stories of unexpected and dramatic visits from police, entirely separate from the admirably rapid follow-ups to alleged offences based during the recent mayhem on our streets.
A Welfare Check is when the
Continue reading →Blogger’s Handbags at Dawn: The *More Popcorn* Sagas.
One of the defining features of the comments section of political blogs is the propensity for reasoned debate to slide into hysterical abuse. Frequently the comments can be better than the original blog posts as commentators relieve
Continue reading →The politics of abortion
There can be no more emotive topic, nor one that more clearly underscores the villainy of government versus the sensitivity of anarchism than the difficult matter of abortion.
Nadine Dorries, bless her
Continue reading →Hyperventilating Over Paedophilia
Paedophilia is an emotive subject; banned in ‘polite’ media circles, it has become virtually the exclusive province of the Blogosphere.
Every day – as Matt Wardman discovered when he took over
Continue reading →Laurie Penny vs John Cooper QC
This is a short segment where Laurie Penny debated with John Cooper QC on Radio 5 about whether the sentences imposed on Charlie Jonnie Marbles and Gilmour was excessive, and – if so – why.
Judgment Day
Once again, the High Court is being asked to quantify ‘enjoyment of life’. This time the vanishing point has been moved forward from the ‘futility’ of the Bland case.
I am at a loss, as
Continue reading →Tom Harris interview about #hackgate
Yesterday Law Blogger CharonQC, who will be known to many Anna Raccoon readers, did a short (20 minute) podcast interview with Tom Harris
Continue reading →I love my friends, and my friends love me
Is it too early to gain perspective and draw conclusions from the phone hacking scandal?
Perhaps, because one might argue that “the facts” have not yet been established. On the other hand, I have some cynicism about whether “the
Continue reading →Michael Lyons.
As a Quaker, I have mixed feelings about a man being forced to kill another man. It may be true that because I have mixed feeling about being forced to kill another human being, that I am
Continue reading →Password Problem or User Problem?
Anna was all over people being silly with their passwords yesterday, in the serious context of phone hacking at the News of the World.
But do you remember *this* episode?
Life in the goldfish bowl.
I have always been fascinated by how the law, invariably shaped to deal with the ‘hard cases’ that make the headlines and force change, pans out to affect the ordinary, the mundane, the banal, that vast chunk
Continue reading →Drive to Distraction
Learn how to avoid death when crossing your drive by implementing a handful of common sense safeguards. Even non-existent risk must be mitigated.
Continue reading →Covert Recording accepted in Evidence by Appeal Court
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‘Elf and Safety Nonsense.
