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Sep 17, 20222 min read
HARSH SENTENCE FOR ALEX BELFIELD
You-tuber Alex Belfield was sentenced yesterday to 5 and half years in prison for several counts of harassment. The sentencing remarks...
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Aug 1, 20222 min read
Announcement
I am pleased to announce the pupillage Muhammad Imtiaz. Muhammad brings his considerable experience from other jurisdictions to JSC...
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Jul 26, 20222 min read
TORTIOUS CONSPIRACY
Tortious conspiracy involves unlawful means conspiracy and lawful means conspiracy. The first involves: 1. An agreement between at...
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Jul 8, 20225 min read
10 ANTI FREE SPEECH ARGUMENTS REBUTTED
In this article I rebut ten anti-free speech arguments succinctly. I consider them to be either facile, disingenuous, misleading or a...
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Apr 28, 20222 min read
DIVORCE LAW REFORM - DOES MARRIAGE STILL EXIST?
Perhaps the greatest contribution to the social life of man made by Christianity is — marriage. Christianity brought marriage into the...
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Mar 7, 20223 min read
UNJUST ENRICHMENT
Below is an article I published on my previous website. Unjust enrichment is an important area of law about which there is relatively...
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Jan 10, 20226 min read
JURY TRIALS
I wrote the article below the line almost 4 years ago on my old website. In light of the verdict of those prosecuted for criminal damage...
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Dec 29, 202111 min read
MANDATORY VACCINATIONS – MY CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEBATE IN BULLET POINTS
The Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated that there may need to be a national conversation about making vaccines[1] for Covid 19...
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Nov 18, 20214 min read
RADICAL PROPOSALS TO CRIMINALISE 'CONVERSION PRACTICES'
HERE is the Cooper Report which recommends criminalising what are described as 'conversion practices'. As to the proposed definition the...
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Nov 7, 202115 min read
'SOFT ATTACKS' ON FREE SPEECH
Below is a three part article written on my old website back in 2018. I was unsure about the using the expression 'soft attacks' then and...
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Oct 30, 20217 min read
HATE SPEECH LAWS - CROSSING A RUBICON
I have previously written about so called ‘hate speech’ laws and have reproduced an article in the appendix below, which contains a link...
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Sep 8, 20213 min read
New Damages Benchmark Set in TWO Libel Judgements Passed On The Same Day
By Tracey McIver Two high profile judgements passed on the same day have both been awarded six-figure damages arguably setting a new...
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Aug 8, 20215 min read
VACCINE PASSPORTS - MY THOUGHTS IN BULLET POINTS - JOSEPH CHIFFERS
1. Selfishness is state of mind. To know whether a person is selfish, one would have to have some understanding of their motivation. If a...
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Jul 28, 20218 min read
FREE SPEECH REPORT BY RECLAIM - RESPONSE TO THE EMPLOYMENT LAW PROPOSALS
HERE is a paper titled ‘In Protection of Freedom of Speech’ by barrister Francis Hoar. It was commissioned by the Reclaim Party. The...
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Jul 15, 20213 min read
EXPERTS & COVID 19 - WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE COURTS
Litigation sometimes involves disputes over esoteric areas that require evidence from experts who are highly qualified in their field....
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Jun 19, 20213 min read
FORSTATER APPEAL - INCREASED PROTECTION FOR PHILOPSHICAL BELIEFS
In a previous ARTICLE, I expressed concern about the final Grainger criterion, namely being worthy of respect in a democratic society,...
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May 17, 20211 min read
Traveller Injunctions
Local authorities will no longer be able to obtain injunctions against “persons unknown”. If they do not appeal successfully, the only...
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May 10, 20211 min read
Head of Chambers Completes 300kg Deadlift
After months of training, Joseph Chiffers, Head of Chambers, has completed the impressive goal of deadlifting 300kg.
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Apr 28, 20215 min read
Maya Forstater and Humpty Dumpty Jurisprudence
The Employment Appeals Tribunal is currently hearing the appeal of Maya Forstater. Ms Forstater brought a claim under the Equality Act...
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Apr 27, 20211 min read
Defendant contests Part 36 offer accepted on the day claimant died
An interesting article in the Gazette where a Defendant contests Part 36 offer accepted on the day the Claimant died....
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