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NI Court of Appeal quashes convictions of men accused of plan to bomb RUC fooball club. Votes in NICA were 2-1. In E&W Court of Appeal (Crim) there are almost never dissenters. Is the practice different in NI? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
September 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
NI Court of Appeal quashes convictions of men accused of plan to bomb RUC fooball club. Votes in NICA were 2-1. In E&W Court of Appeal (Crim) there are almost never dissenters. Is the practice different in NI? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Well they haven't used a public communications network, so even if their message is of an "indecent, menacing or grossly offensive nature" (which it isn't) they're in the clear as far as S.127 of the Communications Act is concerned.
September 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Well they haven't used a public communications network, so even if their message is of an "indecent, menacing or grossly offensive nature" (which it isn't) they're in the clear as far as S.127 of the Communications Act is concerned.
Trump's insane tariffs have started a cascade of economic & political consequences & eventually to a 3rd attempt at impeachment, predicts Niall Ferguson. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
April 20, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Trump's insane tariffs have started a cascade of economic & political consequences & eventually to a 3rd attempt at impeachment, predicts Niall Ferguson. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Matt is just a sublime cartoonist. Never cruel but always clever and sometimes, as here, wonderfully inventive. How does he do it, day in day out? The man's simply a genius.
April 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Matt is just a sublime cartoonist. Never cruel but always clever and sometimes, as here, wonderfully inventive. How does he do it, day in day out? The man's simply a genius.
And the London Borough of Croydon don't emerge from the case particularly well either.
April 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
And the London Borough of Croydon don't emerge from the case particularly well either.
As it happens, all the other evidence pointed towards the parents as being caring and loving, coping as well as they could with the enormous difficulties of raising a young family in poor housing and desperate poverty.
April 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
As it happens, all the other evidence pointed towards the parents as being caring and loving, coping as well as they could with the enormous difficulties of raising a young family in poor housing and desperate poverty.
Dr Cleghorn ultimately conceded, or was forced to concede, that the parents' account of how the injuries were caused was likely to be correct. It was, said the judge, "entirely supportive" of the parents' case.
April 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Dr Cleghorn ultimately conceded, or was forced to concede, that the parents' account of how the injuries were caused was likely to be correct. It was, said the judge, "entirely supportive" of the parents' case.
It was "painfully obvious" that she had failed to consider the possiblity of a condition known as metabolic bone disease of prematurity, a condition which can lead to fragile bones in premature babies.
April 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It was "painfully obvious" that she had failed to consider the possiblity of a condition known as metabolic bone disease of prematurity, a condition which can lead to fragile bones in premature babies.
So effective was her cross-examination, that by the time it ended Dr Cleghorn herself conceded that her evidence was in parts "appalling," ...
April 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
So effective was her cross-examination, that by the time it ended Dr Cleghorn herself conceded that her evidence was in parts "appalling," ...
Having dealt with the intrepeting shambles, the judgment moves on to the medical evidence, and in particular the paediatrician engaged to provide a paediatric overview. The judge set out her main duties.
April 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Having dealt with the intrepeting shambles, the judgment moves on to the medical evidence, and in particular the paediatrician engaged to provide a paediatric overview. The judge set out her main duties.
H's twin, Y, also had a fracture. The mother was accused of harming both, & arrested.Without a suitable interpreter, the police used her husband - himself suspected of harming the children - to interpret her first account at the hospital, and then to interpret the caution and arrest procedure.
April 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
H's twin, Y, also had a fracture. The mother was accused of harming both, & arrested.Without a suitable interpreter, the police used her husband - himself suspected of harming the children - to interpret her first account at the hospital, and then to interpret the caution and arrest procedure.
The case related to the children of an Afghan refugee couple. The mother spoke no English. When one of her children, one of two twins H, was taken to hospital with what turned out to be fractured ribs she relied upon a male telephone interpreter from Language Line.
April 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The case related to the children of an Afghan refugee couple. The mother spoke no English. When one of her children, one of two twins H, was taken to hospital with what turned out to be fractured ribs she relied upon a male telephone interpreter from Language Line.
The ruins of Byland Abbey. It's the size of a cathedral in a quiet corner of North Yorkshire. As atmospheric as its more famous close neighbour Rievaulx, and empty this morning apart from two children playing.
April 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The ruins of Byland Abbey. It's the size of a cathedral in a quiet corner of North Yorkshire. As atmospheric as its more famous close neighbour Rievaulx, and empty this morning apart from two children playing.
The stock market has crashed but the daffodils in Farndale remain very jocund.
April 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The stock market has crashed but the daffodils in Farndale remain very jocund.
Dorset vegan receives alcohol treatment order and ban on keeping sheep after attempt to rescue orphaned lamb caused unnecessary suffering. www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
April 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Dorset vegan receives alcohol treatment order and ban on keeping sheep after attempt to rescue orphaned lamb caused unnecessary suffering. www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Vance: US "has no plans for military takeover of Greenland." Exactly what Putin said before invading Ukraine. www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
March 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Vance: US "has no plans for military takeover of Greenland." Exactly what Putin said before invading Ukraine. www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
As the authors point out, each of the allegedly fraudulent transactions on which Mr Cameron was convicted depended on Horizon evidence, and each could equally, and perhaps more plausibly, be explained by errors within the Horizon system.
March 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
As the authors point out, each of the allegedly fraudulent transactions on which Mr Cameron was convicted depended on Horizon evidence, and each could equally, and perhaps more plausibly, be explained by errors within the Horizon system.
One such case is Cameron, [2022] EWCA Crim 435. Mr Cameron was refused leave to appeal because the reliability of Horizon had not been an issue at his trial, and thus his case was deemed by the Court of Appeal not to be a "Horizon" conviction.
March 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
One such case is Cameron, [2022] EWCA Crim 435. Mr Cameron was refused leave to appeal because the reliability of Horizon had not been an issue at his trial, and thus his case was deemed by the Court of Appeal not to be a "Horizon" conviction.
Gloomy but all too realistic from Max Hastings on Britain & Europe's will and readiness to defend themselves without American support. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
March 25, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Gloomy but all too realistic from Max Hastings on Britain & Europe's will and readiness to defend themselves without American support. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
I'll definitely ask for upstairs.
March 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'll definitely ask for upstairs.
Excellent piece from Juliet Samuel on the need to ditch the ludicrous Climate Change Committee. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
March 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Excellent piece from Juliet Samuel on the need to ditch the ludicrous Climate Change Committee. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
See below.
February 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
See below.
Earl of Yarmouth sues his parents, the Marquess & Marchioness of Hereford, over their refusal to give him £85M estate for his 30th birthday. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
February 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Earl of Yarmouth sues his parents, the Marquess & Marchioness of Hereford, over their refusal to give him £85M estate for his 30th birthday. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Florida lawyer suspended for 10 days for shooting brother in bicep during hand-gun horseplay.
February 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Florida lawyer suspended for 10 days for shooting brother in bicep during hand-gun horseplay.
Judge orders destruction of multi-millionaire's Turkish Kangal dogs that attacked chickens, dog and jogger. www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
February 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Judge orders destruction of multi-millionaire's Turkish Kangal dogs that attacked chickens, dog and jogger. www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...