Archive for January, 2011

Malawi plans law banning the breaking of wind

A controversial new proposed law in Malawi has raised amusement due to some of it’s contents. Malawi’s Justice Minister George Chaponda is due to present The Local Courts Bill of 2010 before a forthcoming parliamentary session. The aims of the bill are to “mould responsible and disciplined citizens” with various methods, including banning the breaking [...]

January 31, 2011   Posted in: News  No Comments

Monday morning with Alex Williams’ cartoons, 31st January 2011

This cartoon is by Alex Williams who draws the Queen’s Counsel cartoons for The Times and in numerous books including Lawyers Uncovered. He also does the cartoons for BabyBarista and has had two more excellent books published recently: 101 Ways to Leave the Law and 101 Uses for a Useless Banker. He offers almost all of [...]

January 31, 2011   Posted in: Cartoons  No Comments

Weekend video: Tony Hancock ‘Twelve Angry Men’

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January 29, 2011   Posted in: Video  No Comments

And finally…

Burglars ‘mistook ashes for cocaine’ Five teenage burglars have been arrested – after they allegedly snorted the ashes of their victim’s father and dogs, mistaking them for drugs. Orange News Colombian police capture pigeon carrying drugs to prison A carrier pigeon that was being used to smuggle drugs into a Colombian prison has been captured [...]

January 29, 2011   Posted in: Comedy, News  No Comments

Woman accidentally killed by spam SMS message

A suicide bomber’s plan to detonate explosives in central Moscow on New Year’s Eve was apparently foiled when she received an unexpected sms message that caused her bomb to detonate early. The unnamed woman received a surprise text message from the phone network, wishing her a happy new year, hours before she reportedly planned to [...]

January 28, 2011   Posted in: News  No Comments

The confessions of a novice podcaster

Landlord Law Podcasts – the story behind them – Tessa tells all about audacity, Pamela and enclosure.

January 28, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: Property Law, Technology  One Comment

Best of the blogs

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January 28, 2011   Posted in: Blogs, News  No Comments

Fraudsters cleared because their scam was “surreal and incredible”

Two Cameroonian fraudsters who allegedly conned a Spanish property developer out of €200,000 have been cleared on the grounds that “not even the naĂŻvest person would have believed” their “surreal and incredible” scam. The court in Valencia heard that in 2006, Spanish businessman “JosĂŠ GG” met the two men claiming to be from Ivory Coast [...]

January 27, 2011   Posted in: News  No Comments

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January 27, 2011   Posted in: News  No Comments

Passenger cleared of the crime of refusing to show ID at airport

Apparently in the USA it is not necessary to show ID when flying. It might be surprising news to you and me, but you’d expect the airport security staff would know about it. Unfortunately not all of them do, as shown by a recent criminal case against a man from Seattle. In November 2009 Phil [...]

January 26, 2011   Posted in: News  No Comments