by Kris | Jan 30, 2012 | DIY Law, Private client criminal defence, Women & the Law
Usually Police hear this one from people who’ve just been charged. I usually hear it from people in the early stages of a legal dispute regarding accusations their employer’s just made about them – or people who are being pursued by someone who says...
by Kris | Jan 26, 2012 | DIY Law
As I’ve only made the one Freedom of Information Act request, I certainly don’t hold myself out to be any sort of expert. I didn’t “win” – and it was always going to be a mountain to climb getting the Information Commissioner...
by Kris | Jan 24, 2012 | Criminal law, Road Traffic law
It seems like it was just the other day we had to lay down the law for light jumping cyclists. Today, and with a big H/T to Messrs Legal Cheek, we’re able to see the flip-side of the same old coin – motorists who don’t think cyclists have equal...
by Kris | Jan 20, 2012 | Direct Access Barristers, DIY Law, Get qualified, Miscellany, Non-legal help
Friends, this is a funny old jurisdiction. Anybody can call themselves a “lawyer”. You don’t have to have one day’s worth of legal training to be a “lawyer”, “will-writer” or “professional McKenzie Friend”...
by Kris | Jan 18, 2012 | Criminal law, Road Traffic law
While I make no comment on the Danny Shine and PC Stout matter, as the video has been taken down, I thought it might be a useful moment to make some general comments on cycling, red lights, police powers and the law. Jumping red lights is an offence. Even for cyclists...
