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In Sivapatham (Appearance of Bias: Sri Lanka)[2017] UKUT 293 (IAC) (7 July 2017) frustrated novelist and president of the Upper Tribunal McCloskey J considers the law surrounding judicial bias in the tribunal.As with previous exponents of the art (see Denning LJ, or Moses LJ), judgments of the President are almost always entertaining on some level, …
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With the confirmation by Power, Works and Housing Minister, Babatunde Fashola, that contractors reconstructing the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway were set to suspend work, the irresponsibility of our federal legislators is once more laid bare. By shaving off funding for this important interstate highway, the National Assembly has succeeded in further squeezing the economy and inflicting agony …
I am a foreigner, from a distant land.I speak your language but you don’t understand.I have hands like yours, that are never praisedI have eyes like yours that can also gaze.I know you came from the land of my fatherBut then why can’t we accept each other?It is sad you think that you are betterBut …
Dating in her 50s, Bibi Lynch has noticed a surprising trend: the men pursuing her are younger. Much younger. And she’s not alone… Credit: Sophia SpringI’m in the Apple Store, praying to Steve Jobs that my laptop can’t be fixed. Because the last image on my screen as it died was an obscene selfie sent …
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Stephen Hawking has accused ministers of damaging the NHS, blaming the Conservatives in a passionate and sustained attack for slashing funding, weakening the health service though privatisation, demoralising staff by curbing pay and cutting social care support.The renowned 75-year-old physicist was speaking to promote an address he will give on Saturday outlining how he owes …
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