We all remember Tony Martin but what about Munir Hussain, a respectable married businessman with children. A burglar enters his house. Mr Hussain catches the burglar and with the help of his son overpowers him hitting him on the head with a cricket bat. Result. The burglar walks free and Mr Hussain is now in jail sentenced to two and a half years in jail. The current law allows householder to respond to a burglar with “reasonable force”. This should be immediately changed to allow householders to defend their homes and families unless they have responded in a “grossly disproportionate”…
The Guardian and others, have sneered at Simon for his idea of having political debates with public voting like the X Factor. They should think again. The rules could be easily set out. A non-profit making show with any excess going to charity. One vote per phone and leading politicians being involved as debaters. John Sergeant would be an admirable moderator, with his experience on Vote For Me and Kelvin Mackenzie and Lorraine Kelly could also be added. With all the leading parties running scared of binding referendums, which have completely changed the political landscape for the better in California,…
This is dealt with by a government agency not the court although it can intervene with “topping up” if the family is wealthy. CSA – www.csa.gov.uk (there is an online at calculator) or phone 0845 713 4000 The maximum income on which the CSA payments are calculated is £2,000 per week. It is calculated on the basis of net weekly income; 15% for 1 child 20% for 2 children 25% for 3 children or more Net income is net of tax, NI and Pension contributions. Roughly speaking this come to a maximum of; £ 300/week for 1 child £ 400/week…
For some time, Shared Residence Orders (SRO) were rare, as it was considered they would only work in situations of close co-operation between the parents. This has changed and now they are being granted in situations of bitter conflict. An SRO has been granted to a man who was not the natural father even though the children only spend alternate weekends with him (which is the usual regime). Judges are using these orders to send a strong message to both parents, that they are equal in the eyes of the law, and that overriding concern is the best interest of…
Meeting Granny off a train? Family group snap? Making a record of your visit to London – Government building, tourist landmark? Trainspotters? Be very careful. The Police are now permitted to stop you and search you, under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and they are doing it increasingly. It is the same law that was used against Walter Wolfgang for heckling Tony Blair at the Labour Conference. For years the “leftie” brigade have been howled for talking about civil liberties, but the “hang ‘em and flog ‘em” brigade have got this one very badly wrong. Of course the…
English and Welsh courts have jurisdiction to make contact orders between children living outside the EU and their parents, the Supreme Court has ruled. The court said that the boy was born in 2000 and was a British citizen. His mother originates from India and his father from Pakistan. In 2007, the mother applied for a contact order to obtain as much telephone contact as possible and to stop the grandparents encouraging the boy to call them “mum” and “dad”. The High Court ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to make the order, but the mother appealed. The nub…
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They have become even less ‘cuddly’ after the court ruling on unauthorised overdraft charges. It all started when the OFT decided to look into the fairness of these charges, under the regulations implementing the EU’s directive on unfair terms in consumer contracts. Unfortunately, the consumer watchdog chose the wrong angle for its investigation: the banks objected that it could not, under regulation 6, question the ‘value for money’ aspect of the charges. But the two real shockers are this 1 – The banks hired eight QCs between them and a fleet of juniors, which means the costs will be stratospheric…
They have become even less ‘cuddly’ after the court ruling on unauthorised overdraft charges. It all started when the OFT decided to look into the fairness of these charges, under the regulations implementing the EU’s directive on unfair terms in consumer contracts. Unfortunately, the consumer watchdog chose the wrong angle for its investigation: the banks objected that it could not, under regulation 6, question the ‘value for money’ aspect of the charges. But the two real shockers are this 1 – The banks hired eight QCs between them and a fleet of juniors, which means the costs will be stratospheric…
