You're confusing cash with small children. Easily done, mind.Back of the sofa?
You're confusing cash with small children. Easily done, mind.Back of the sofa?
Leigh Day were lucky, they ran up £7-8M in legal costs defending all the allegations against the firm, but they had Regulatory Defence Cost Insurance cover CoverLeigh Day Solicitors seem to be taking over the cudgel, are they cut from the same cloth ?
Take some comfort from their premiums being heavily weighted for years to come.Leigh Day were lucky, they ran up £7-8M in legal costs defending all the allegations against the firm, but they had Regulatory Defence Cost Insurance cover Cover
is that mate's rates?Leigh Day were lucky, they ran up £7-8M in legal costs defending all the allegations against the firm, but they had Regulatory Defence Cost Insurance cover Cover
Was Afghanistan a place where you could easily define a civilian and a combatant, though - at least for males. As far as I can tell, every swinging dick and his goat runs around the place with an AK in hand and was happy to use it. Ergo...?????Although not the Shyster, it does get a dishonourable mention:
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UK government and military 'covered up war crimes'
Soldiers should have been prosecuted for killing civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, insiders say.www.bbc.com
Although I think there does need to be investigations, I don’t think it’s fair to give a person a gun, put them in a war zone and then hang them out to dry.
And Iraq.Was Afghanistan a place where you could easily define a civilian and a combatant, though - at least for males. As far as I can tell, every swinging dick and his goat runs around the place with an AK in hand and was happy to use it. Ergo...?????
I suspect that, given the resources that were fired at IHAT initially, many former employees are a touch bitter that Shiner's epic fall from grace has left them with nothing to show for their years.When the alleged cover-up is actually the close down of IHAT/Northmoor, this now sounds more like former investigators having difficulty finding another gravy train.
Point noted, but there are specific cover-up allegations in the Sunday Times not involving the close of IHAT/Northmoor. In this situation it is very helpful to the MoD that decisions not to prosecute have ultimately been taken by the independent Service Prosecuting Authority, although the setting up of that authority following challenges to the previous military justice system was the subject of much harrumphing at the time.When the alleged cover-up is actually the close down of IHAT/Northmoor, this now sounds more like former investigators having difficulty finding another gravy train.
I think you’ve put your finger on it there. This line from the BBC report stands out:When the alleged cover-up is actually the close down of IHAT/Northmoor, this now sounds more like former investigators having difficulty finding another gravy train.
”11 British detectives” sounds like a bunch of retired plod who’ve been very well paid by IHAT for a few years. They failed dismally to come up with enough evidence to persuade an independent prosecutor there was a case, and they can now see the money drying up. Journalists are more gullible than independent prosecutors, and a bit of public outrage might be enough to keep the good times rolling for them. If there was genuinely a case to answer I struggle to believe they wouldn’t have found it by now, after so much time and money has been spent (wasted?) on it.An investigation by BBC Panorama and the Sunday Times has spoken to 11 British detectives who said they found credible evidence of war crimes.
Perhaps they can go to Portugal and find Maddie now...I think you’ve put your finger on it there. This line from the BBC report stands out:
”11 British detectives” sounds like a bunch of retired plod who’ve been very well paid by IHAT for a few years. They failed dismally to come up with enough evidence to persuade an independent prosecutor there was a case, and they can now see the money drying up. Journalists are more gullible than independent prosecutors, and a bit of public outrage might be enough to keep the good times rolling for them. If there was genuinely a case to answer I struggle to believe they wouldn’t have found it by now, after so much time and money has been spent (wasted?) on it.
If they have put into the Mets Xmas DrawPerhaps they can go to Portugal and find Maddie now...
At least they waited a whole week after Remembrance DayAlthough not the Shyster, it does get a dishonourable mention:
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UK government and military 'covered up war crimes'
Soldiers should have been prosecuted for killing civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, insiders say.www.bbc.com
Although I think there does need to be investigations, I don’t think it’s fair to give a person a gun, put them in a war zone and then hang them out to dry.
I think you’ve put your finger on it there. This line from the BBC report stands out:
”11 British detectives” sounds like a bunch of retired plod who’ve been very well paid by IHAT for a few years. They failed dismally to come up with enough evidence to persuade an independent prosecutor there was a case, and they can now see the money drying up. Journalists are more gullible than independent prosecutors, and a bit of public outrage might be enough to keep the good times rolling for them. If there was genuinely a case to answer I struggle to believe they wouldn’t have found it by now, after so much time and money has been spent (wasted?) on it.
Or maybe Majar al-Kabir?Perhaps they can go to Portugal and find Maddie now...
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