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Over 50% of road markings in UK ‘barely visible’
Mar
The results of the recent Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) survey may have gone unnoticed by many, and indeed those who read the reports may have simply thought that this was yet another example of austerity measures biting as government bodies cut back on expenditure. The RMSA...
‘No price on justice’ : trial by jury under threat in 70,000 cases per year
Jan
Once again, the right to elect trial by jury in respect of certain offences is under threat. In reform proposals due to be published in a white paper next month, some 70,000 cases involving theft, assault, burglary and drugs offences will have juries axed; saving an estimated £30 million....
Not so Kean on the manager’s argument
Aug
Last week saw Steve Kean, the Manager of Blackburn Rovers Football Club, appear at Macclesfield Magistrates Court after being found to be over the drink driving limit. Kean, who was stopped whilst driving at 90 miles per hour, claimed that his drink had been spiked, hence being found to be 30 mg...
