Now how come the police sit back when law broken? It's clear the husband has committed an offence. From BBC news website. Ban on suicide journey is lifted The High Court has lifted an injunction banning a man from taking his chronically-sick wife to Switzerland for an assisted suicide.

Hi everyone, Sorry this long. Is this strory likely to be true, and if yes were the police acting correctly, ie legally?. Surly they don't behave in the way Nicky Samengo-Turner says he was treated. Any views on this report?

I was going to put up some posters of a society I am helping to run at university. In order to draw more potential members to it, I was hoping to put in some pictures of celebrities who practice the martial art. However, I am unsure if this breaches any copyright issues or not. Could anyone clarify the position of the law on this?

David Blunkett has won the first round of a High Court battle with his ex-lover over access to her son. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4065177.stm I posted recently in the course of a thread saying: "I have enormous sympathy for fathers who are being denied contact with their children, but this a case where the father (if Blunkett be the father) should be denied all contact - by...

I have had a letter from a debit collector claiming that it is thier "intention to issue a statutory demand under the insolvency act 1986 (Bankruptcy), as we are unware of any valid reason for your non-payment" It then goes on to say if i do not make payment of £3000 witih in 8 days they will sned someone to vist me and "serve me with the said notice" . I looked at the insolvency service, web...

Sometime soon I'll probably be buying a car from British Car Auctions and I'm fairly sure that it will be untaxed. How do I go about getting it the 30 miles home? Is there any dispensation that would allow me to drive it untaxed for that one journey?

Cribbed from a new thread on news:uk.legal "At last a police officer with some sense ..." http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13260636,00.html Sir John Stevens the Commissioner of the Met Police has said that home owners need more protection in law when defending their property from intruders, he says, "My own view is that people should be allowed to use what force is necessary and that...

I have asked this before, and was given some pointers, but my searches indicated that the common beliefs (even by lawyers) that Highways Authorities have some statutory duty to build highways so that they are usable is false. There is definitely a common (?) law duty to MAINTAIN them, but that is very different from the requirement to design them so that they can be used safely or, indeed, at...

I'm looking for some pointers on an IP issue please. The scenario is that if material is placed on the internet (web site) in breach of copyright, and someone else views the material, I'm hypothesising that the fact that a local copy of the material is created on the viewer's PC is in itself technically in breach of the copyright reproduction right. This seems a reasonable conclusion to me, but...

4 days after a successful interview 7 weeks ago at which a verbal offer of contract, effective from 1/1/05, was made and accepted, I received a letter from the employer confirming the offer with dates, subject to medical clearance, and stating that a contract would be drawn up in due course. I completed the medical clearance forms at that time. At a meeting on 1 December, 6 weeks after my...

From BBC news website Man angry over parking dispute A disabled man has made an offical complaint after claiming that a police officer tried to handcuff him after he parked on double yellow lines. Laurence Winter, 57, from Bristol, has chronic emphysema, and says the officer did not believe he was disabled.

As a percentage of total estate value, could someone give me an idea of how much a typical solicitor in London might charge for handling probate. Thanks

Is " my unnamed mate did it and I can't name him for fear of my life " sufficient to establish reasonable doubt.

The Evening Standard report that: Galloway wins libel battle 2 December 2004 George Galloway today won £150,000 libel damages from The Daily Telegraph over "outrageous and incredibly damaging" allegations that he was in the pay of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

'We are conducting random stop and search under current anti-terrorist legislation,' began the constable, addressing me through my open side window. 'Would you mind if we searched your vehicle? We're training these new community support officers.' Does one have to comply under the law? What if he had said "no"?

Hi all, I am fairly new to the whole law scene, and I would just like to get some feedback from some people who have an idea of whats going on. What i am basically asking is, what are the main differences between Barristers and Solicitors? I would appreciate it if you gave some depth in your replies. Thanks alot

Further to my previous posts here WRT the "Solicitor Charging Problem", I am at a complete loss IR of a commercial lease and imminent signing. As Andrew McGee wrote in Message: A more fundamental question is why the undertaking was not demanded before any work was done. That was the first indication that my solicitor is not on the ball. More recently I was...

Just thought I'd ask the groups opinion. Mum phoned me last night - her washing machine broke down and an engineer says its the PCB. £90 + VAT + labour to fix. The machine was purchased April 2003. Of course, when I phoned the high street store today, they just banged on about warranties etc... The customer services department were no better.

Still having problems getting a plusnet post to appear in this group so again via independent.net. Steve Firth wrote: Naming no names, but a UK ISP advertised their services as follows: "ADSL Home offers unlimited usage" "Unlimited broadband usage for just £21.99 a month with ADSL Home"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4049057.stm It appears our noble Home Sec may have been bending the rules for his mistress - is it too much to hope that this might lead a fall from grace?