We don't care what you want Dave, WE want a referendum
PJC Journal (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
On the Andrew Marr show earlier today David Cameron said: “I don’t want an ‘in or out’ referendum. Now he's showing his real colours. Blue Labour.
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Tell your Congressional Representatives to stand up for kids and families too and show their support by wearing the MomsRising pin!
PTSD After Childbirth (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Dear Friend, In response to messages from MomsRising members last week, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, primary architects of the healthcare reform plan, were the first Members of Congress to be photographed wearing the MomsRising Pacifier pin to show that they also won't be pacified until healthcare reform is done right for children and families ( Click...
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Think tank: The way to publish and not be damned
Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
When another country introduces laws to protect its citizens from your courts, you have a problem. When that country happens to be your closest ally in times of war and peace, you have a crisis. That is the state of English libel law.
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Big State is the problem not the solution.
PJC Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
This quick poll by YouGov UK, throws some light on public opinion, and contradicts the view of the 3 big political parties.
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Night Stalker police probe unsolved rapes
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
Detectives investigating alleged Night Stalker Delroy Grant are studying unsolved rapes and burglaries in the Midlands after discovering he lived there in the 90s.
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Convention on the Rights of the Child, 20 Years Later
TakePart Social Action Network™ (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Today, November 20 marks the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), the most widely ratified international human rights treaty. The UNCRC laid out the civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights for children all over the world. The documented has been ratified by 193 countries including every U.N. Member State but the United States and Somalia....
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Legal profession set for historic reforms
Times Online (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Barristers will be free to set up in partnership with solicitors or with each other under historic reforms approved last night by the Bar Standards Board.
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Linklaters first-half revenue down 10%
Times Online (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Linklaters, Britain’s second-biggest law firm, disclosed a 10 per cent fall in first-half revenue to £591 million today as the legal market continues to suffer from the lack of big deals.
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eLawtric Books anyone?
Binary Law (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Jason Wilson explores the pros and cons of what he dubs “eLawtric Books“. In a series of posts he (for the most part) counters Eugene Volokh’s thoughts on the future of electronic books and the law. His view, with which I agree, is that ebooks a la Kindle et al are not the future of law [...]
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Unelected, Illegitimate, Unwanted - Where is my vote!!
PJC Journal (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
You have a new President. Herman Van Rompuy. he is an unelected president of an illegitimate organisation, and he supposedly now rules your life and the lives of 500 million people.
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More Redundancies…..
PJH Law - Employment Law Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
AOL are the latest employer to announce the possibility of mass redundancies. They are proposing to cull 2500 jobs through compulsory redundancy if enough volunteers can’t be found. Whe said things are getting better…..
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Wot’s all this about then …?
PJH Law - Employment Law Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Came across these gems earlier today ….
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'Night stalker' accused appears in court
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Delroy Grant appears before Greenwich magistrates and is remanded in custody to appear at crown court next week A man accused of a series of sex attacks on elderly women was remanded in custody today to appear in court again this month. Delroy Grant, 52, of Brockley, south-east London, appeared at Greenwich magistrates court and was ordered to appear at Woolwich crown court next Thursday. Grant was...
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Fathers’ working hours
PJH Law - Employment Law Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
BIS have produced a report on the working patterns of fathers in terms of working hours and use of flexible working. Findings, in a nutshell, reveal that fathers work longer hours compared to non-fathers as fatherhood tends to coincide with the most occupationally active period in their life course. Interestingly, the study found that a [...]
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Happy 20th UN CRC!!!
My Metaphysical Trapeze (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
In 1989, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) became the first legally binding international convention to affirm human rights for all children. As a binding treaty of international law, it codifies principles that Member States of the United Nations agreed to be universal – for all children, in all countries and cultures, at all times and without exception, simply through the fact...