I had not focussed on the incest issue here until some recent news stories. In fact, I had not really thought much at all about sperm donation. Where is the line between donation and infidelity? If the next door neighbour’s husband is infertile, but she wants children, does making love to her count as sperm [...]
I found this a most curious case. Michele Selby, a police constable in the Strathclyde force, was sentenced to one year in prison last week for “attempting to defeat the ends of justice” by not arresting a burglar. She and another PC were patrolling in Kirkintilloch towards the end of the night shift. [Moon River [...]
I have yet to go inside, but the West side of the Square now has the Supreme Court. Outside are two stone seats: [looking from the door of the Supreme Court across the corner of the grassy square in the middle. The Treasury/HMRC building is on the North side. To the right of that is [...]
It is an old and obvious truth that most people do the wrong thing if (A) it is easy to do so, (B) the change of getting caught appears slim, (C) the penalty appears mild. One should perhaps add a fourth condition: (D) that there is no taboo against it. But taboos are hard to [...]
The Appeal Court judgment on this case came out last week. Sharon Shoesmith was the Director of Children’s Services (DCS) in Haringey at the time of the Baby P scandal. The relevant history starts with the Victoria Climbie case, which also happened in Haringey. Victoria Climbie was murdered in February 2000. Her great-aunt Marie-Therese Kouao [...]
