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Litigation reality show ‘Sue the Midwife’ returns to TV

midwife crisisThe popular reality show, ‘Sue the Midwife’, returns to BBC schedules this weekend promising to deliver bundles of joy to a Saturday night audience seeking more anguish than can be derived even from the current raft of George Osborne weekend specials.

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Posted: Jan 21st, 2013
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Speeding up judicial reviews ‘could take years’

David Cameron’s plans to reduce the time limits for legal challenges against unpopular Tory policies have hit a snag, with lawyers submitting the first of a long series of legal challenges against the move by demanding a consultation followed by a White Paper, then a public enquiry and a High Court review that should take at least until 2056.

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Posted: Nov 24th, 2012
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Man who signed iTunes agreement faces lifetime in bondage

‘I just checked the box saying I agreed. I didn’t bother to read through all the fine print and now lawyers have told me I’m owned entirely by Apple.’

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Posted: May 10th, 2011
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Rupert Murdoch sues God over rights to the word ‘sky’

Omnipotent being has backing from several Prime Ministers ‘He’s even taken our distinctive blue logo and is passing it off as His own. It’s a bloody disgrace.’

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Posted: Aug 12th, 2010
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Snowman’s lawyers sue children for copyright theft

Lawyers acting for the author Raymond Briggs have issued a lawsuit against 250,000 UK children over the ‘sub-standard imitation of our client’s creation of a snowman and the subsequent devaluation of his royalty payments.’

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Posted: Jan 21st, 2010
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