According to the Manual of Guidance on Police Use of Firearms, issued by the Association of Chief Police Officers about 4 years ago, firearms are to be fired only when "absolutely necessary" after conventional methods have been tried and failed or must, from the nature of circumstances, be unlikely ...
doesn't appear to have been any biological/non-conventional stuff used, which is the only plus at the moment. have heard that the casualty figure is around 70.
Slightly off subject, but where did you find out about the high tide line law thackary? I've heard it many times, but I've never found anything concrete to back it up. And I can't be arsed speaking to the police. (Further to Thackary's advice) As far as I am aware, statutory access rights to most p...
Surely to recover the amounts attributable to tuition fees paid you would have to show that the tuition services under your contract were not carried out or weren't performed with sufficient skill and you suffered loss as a result? If there had been a long-term strike by teaching staff or if the tui...
Quoting me bdw, quoting you, Eliot Wilson, aha. Because it is also a "hallowed tradition" of some of the older American universities to sing the Gaudeamus. I can't explain the poppy metre. Quoting bdw from 15:59, 1st Jun 2005 I am wondering why a rendition (in a poppy new metre) of the gaudie appear...
There is a slight distinction as the activities you have described are criminal, with potential for incarceration, while slander is strictly a matter of civil law. So yes, it is simply expensive rather than illegal. But truth is an absolute defence to any allegation of slander. Absolutely correct a...
As far as I know, juries must reach unanimous verdicts unless the judge directs them that a majority verdict will be acceptable. If there is no unanimous verdict, I think it's a mistrial. Not a clue about the US position but unanimity is the common law requirement in England & Wales. However, by st...
I seem to remember in Brideshead Revisited, Bridie said there was no merit in anything other than a first or a third, and time spent working for a good second was time wasted. Discuss. As attributed to William Howard Taft: Some men are graduated from college cum laude , some are graduated summa cum...
As I have precisely zero prospect of a holiday until my return to St Andrews in September, let me at least get some vicarious pleasure by imagining how good yours will be...
So, come on, spill the beans - where are off to on your summer holidays?