> > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/03/26 Mon PM 07:48:59 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OT: Wish Me Luck > > The father has a recent conviction for drug possession and no job, > yet UK legal aid still allowed him to bring this suit and apparently > is paying the US lawyers $700 an hour for their services. Now our UK > friends know where there tax dollars are going. > Paul
I pay tax in _dollars_? Don't know whether to be annoyed that I'm in the 51st state or happy that my bill just reduced by 50%. > On Mar 26, 2007, at 11:53 AM, Jim King wrote: > > > keith_w wrote on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:58:07 -0800: > >> (snip) > >> Misleading! > >> As I understand it, that child is in the custody of the mother, and > >> both > >> are currently living with blood relatives. It's not as tho' it were > >> kidnapped to a foreign country by non-parents. > > > > Exactly! My problem is that one can apparently be brought into > > court, requiring expensive legal representation, for reasons having > > to do more with malice than with equity. The legal system needs to > > filter out cases without merit before allowing charges or a tort to > > be brought, and there should be consequences for those bringing > > baseless cases before the court. Our system seems to reward lawyers > > for such behavior. > > > > But then, I'm not a lawyer; what do I know? > > > > Regards, Jim > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
