Posts Tagged with 'law'

Who’d have thought South Africa would be trail blazing with it’s affirmative action laws? I certainly didn’t, but given the news today, it looks like the UK will be adopting a page from the South African book in the newly announced “Equalities Bill”.
Whilst most of the bill is designed to rule out discrimination and [...]

Interesting links for 4 Dec 07 - 10 Jan 08:

Government rejects elephants for pets e-petition - Killjoys!!! I was quite keen on being able to have a little bit of Africa in my back garden (when I get one. A garden that is).
Man’s death unnoticed for a year - Wow!! A whole year before [...]

The New Zealand police have setup a wiki allowing the the average Joe to help craft a new version of their Police Act. I think this is soooo cool. This is probably the most democratic move a government could ever do - give their citizens a voice that they can actually voice themselves, and [...]

A 2 year old boy has been cautioned by police for driving his 2.5 mph toy car on the pavement without an MoT or road tax - how bloody stupid. The policeman warned the youngster’s grandfather as his toy contravenes the Road Traffic Act of 1998 which specifies any mechanically-propelled vehicle has to be [...]