Stuart Page (Associate & Serious Crime Solicitor)
It was reported by the Guardian today that a Manchester United fan was told by police she faced legal action unless she removed part of a car sticker which teased Manchester City.
A local councillor passed on to police a complaint they had received from a resident about the wording of the joke and a neighbourhood team officer was sent to the motorist’s home in Stockport.
Mrs Webb-Lee and her City-supporting husband Graham were informed that the sticker was offensive under the terms of Section 5 of the Public Order Act. They were asked to either remove it or some of the letters within the swear word, and they did the latter. The full article can be read here.
A viable prosecution for the display of the sticker could be possible as it displayed the whole of the F word, however it would really depend if it was in the public interest to pursue such an action. Read more »
Stuart Page - Associate
In the light of the Wayne Rooney saga this week, once again the “Agent” culture is going to be called into question, however in the light of this there are a number of “spin off” questions, do footballers really need agents?
Could a good lawyer and a good accountant not do the same job and only be paid by the hour or job? The clubs themselves have player liaison therefore why is an agent required?
In short a lawyer is a professional who is used to heavy regulation of the profession and puts his client first, he perhaps does not have the “closeness to the game” that an agent has but is that such a bad thing?
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October 22, 2010 12:25 pm | 
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Stuart Page (Associate)
I have been asked by a client today to advise on the position of flicking a cigarette butt out of the window of a car.
There have been lots of cases on this since the smoking ban was introduced in 2007 because people have to smoke outside and drop cigarette ends. Under the Environmental Protection Act any dropping of litter is an offence, arguments have been used such as biodegradable but these have been unsuccessful. Read more »
Stuart Page (Associate)
Although the MP’s have been granted legal aid, and this may be distasteful in the eyes of the public, it has to be remembered that should they be found guilty an assessment will be made by the judge of their ability to pay legal costs, and the judge can make a defendant cost order for them to pay some or all of their legal fees.
The granting of legal aid will also ensure a swift trial for the defendants as one must remember that if they were unrepresented a trial would obviously take a lot longer, with the judge having to explain to unrepresented defendants every step of the legal process. Read more »
Stuart Page (Associate)
Four men were recently convicted of a £1.75m robbery at Heathrow airport – in Britain’s first serious criminal trial without a jury.
With three previous abortive attempts to try the case, new laws were introduced meaning the trial could be heard by a judge alone after the Court of Appeal ruled there was a serious danger a jury could be tampered with.
It is very worrying on a number of fronts that a trial such as this is conducted without a jury, whilst jury tampering is a real concern, in most cases a jury will still be used as there will be no evidence or allegation of such behaviour.
A number of factors have to be considered here:
1. What is the evidence that a jury has been interfered with? Read more »
Gillian Nuttall (PR & Marketing Manager)
Happy New Year. Twenty ten…. what are you going to call it? Two thousand and ten or, twenty ten? I personally, am going with two thousand and ten, simply because it sounds less like a boy band than “2010″.
Just before Christmas I attended a networking lunch in Liverpool with a few of my colleagues from Ralli and some clients. As well as a networking event, the organiser, Chris Shirling-Rooke treats the events as an opportunity to do some fund raising for a couple of his chosen charities, Help for Heroes and Factor 50. The Christmas lunch was the turn of Factor 50. Read more »
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Business Law, Crime & Fraud, Employment, Intellectual Property, Partnership Law, Personal Injury, Property | Ralli | January 4, 2010 4:16 pm | Comments (0)
Stuart Page (Associate)
It has been well reported that ‘Premier League’ striker Marlon King will be appealing his recent 18 month sentence. However it is also reported that he is maintaining he was wrongly convicted. Read more »
Stuart Page (Associate)
There are various levels of seriousness of assault and they range from assaults where no injury is caused whatsoever for example an incident of spitting, to very serious wounding and serious bodily harm where weapons are used. Read more »
Stuart Page (Associate)
The New Licensing Act 2003 which came into force on the 23/11/05 was the largest reform and review of Licensing in England and Wales for over 200 years, since its introduction the licensed trade has been living with a completely new regime which has been very different to the previous rules and regulations. Read more »
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