Peter Ould on December 3rd, 2009

Having just below pointed out a situation where I think the CLC is wrong, let me highlight for you all a case that is being heard shortly where the Christian Legal Centre are bang on the nail. In January of this year, Duke was helping a client with her housing situation. The client had seen [...]

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Peter Ould on March 4th, 2009

The Commons Committee examining the Coroners and Justice Bill has finally got round to discussing Clause 58. You can read their deliberations here, but for ease of perusal, I’ve copied and tidied them up below. I’ll comment on them tomorrow.

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Peter Ould on February 5th, 2009

Just a brief update on the progress of the 2009 Coroners and Justice Bill, which includes the controversial Clause 58. The Public Bill Committee sat for the first of its two sessions yesterday. You can read the proceedings here and here. Clause 58 was raised early on when Maria Eagle, the Minister responsible for Equality, [...]

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Peter Ould on January 21st, 2009

Well, duh. There is to be no investigation into the atheist bus in spite of 326 complaints, the Advertising Standards Authority has ruled. In a statement today the ASA said: ‘The Advertising Standards Authority has concluded that the “There’s probably no God” bus ad campaign by the British Humanist Association is not in breach of [...]

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Peter Ould on October 25th, 2008

I’ve been made aware that in the post below I may have been referencing the wrong measure as regards to how Dudley was dealth with. It appears on closer inspection that that 1963 Ecclesiastical Jurisdicton Measure (EJM) is the one under which Dudley was handled. The relevant clauses are sections 38 and 39. Part VI [...]

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Peter Ould on September 19th, 2008

Let me interrupt my holiday just to bring you this quote (which may very likely have read elsewhere) “In the United States, although someone may be charged with an offence, they have a presumption of innocence until proven guilty. Any ambiguity goes in favor of the accused. The accused has a right to see the [...]

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