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ARTICLES RELATED TO Birmingham Six | | | |  Birmingham Six: Encyclopedia II - Birmingham Six - Arrests and questioningFive of the six men arrested were Belfast-born. John Walker was born in Derry. All six had lived in Birmingham since the 1960s. Five of the men, Hill, Hunter, McIlkenny, Power and Walker, had left the city on the early evening of November 21 from New Street Station, some hours prior to the explosions, to travel to Belfast to attend the funeral of James McDade, an IRA member who had accidentally killed himself while planting a bomb in Coventry. They were seen off from the station by Callaghan. When they reached Heysham they and others were su ...
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| | | | Birmingham Six: Encyclopedia II - Paul Foot - Newspapers and magazines In the mid-1960s, Foot was employed part-time by the Sunday Telegraph. He had previously contributed articles to Private Eye magazine since 1964 but decided, in February 1967, to take a cut in salary and join the staff of Private Eye on a full-time basis, working with its editor, Richard Ingrams and its new, sole owner Peter Cook. When asked about the decision later Foot would say he could not resist the prospect of two whole pages with complete freedom to write whatever he liked. Foot got on very well with Cook, only realising after ...
See also:Paul Foot, Paul Foot - Our left foot, Paul Foot - Newspapers and magazines, Paul Foot - Politics, Paul Foot - Awards and campaign journalism, Paul Foot - Publications, Paul Foot - Memorial Read more here: » Paul Foot: Encyclopedia II - Paul Foot - Newspapers and magazines |
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| | | | Birmingham Six: Encyclopedia II - Geoffrey Lane Baron Lane - Judicial office
Geoffrey Lane Baron Lane - High Court.
Later in 1966, Lane became a full-time Judge of the Queen's Bench Division (with the customary Knighthood), as well as a Bencher at Gray's Inn. He delivered some notable judgments: in 1968 he awarded damages against a school for a pupil who had been injured in 'horseplay' between his peers, saying that the school had a responsibility to stop it getting out of hand; and while acting as an appeal judge, he found for the publishers of Last Exit to Brooklyn who had been c ...
See also:Geoffrey Lane Baron Lane, Geoffrey Lane Baron Lane - Early life, Geoffrey Lane Baron Lane - Legal career, Geoffrey Lane Baron Lane - Judicial office, Geoffrey Lane Baron Lane - High Court, Geoffrey Lane Baron Lane - Appellate courts, Geoffrey Lane Baron Lane - Lord Chief Justice, Geoffrey Lane Baron Lane - Miscarriages of justice, Geoffrey Lane Baron Lane - Retirement Read more here: » Geoffrey Lane Baron Lane: Encyclopedia II - Geoffrey Lane Baron Lane - Judicial office |
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| | | | Birmingham Six: Encyclopedia II - Miscarriage of justice - General issues Causes of miscarriages of justice include:
non-disclosure of evidence by police or prosecution
confirmation bias on the part of investigators
fabrication of evidence
poor identification
overestimation of the evidential value of expert testimony
contaminated evidence
faulty forensic tests
false confessions due to police pressure or psychological instability
misdirection by a judge during trial
perjurious evidence by the real guilty party or his or her accomplices
false ev ...
See also:Miscarriage of justice, Miscarriage of justice - General issues, Miscarriage of justice - United Kingdom, Miscarriage of justice - Scotland, Miscarriage of justice - Ireland, Miscarriage of justice - Australia, Miscarriage of justice - Canada, Miscarriage of justice - New Zealand, Miscarriage of justice - United States of America, Miscarriage of justice - France, Miscarriage of justice - Soviet Union, Miscarriage of justice - Home Secretaries and miscarriage of justice Read more here: » Miscarriage of justice: Encyclopedia II - Miscarriage of justice - General issues |
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| | | | Birmingham Six: Encyclopedia II - Estoppel English law - Reliance-based estoppels Under English law, estoppel by representation of fact, promissory estoppel and proprietary estoppel are regarded as reliance-based estoppels by Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol 16(2), 2003. Both Halsbury's and Spencer Bower (see below) describe all three estoppels collectively as estoppels by representation. These estoppels can be invoked when a promisee/representee wishes to enforce a promise/representation when no consideration was provided by him. The court will only enforce this lack-of-consideration promise if ...
See also:Estoppel English law, Estoppel English law - Overview, Estoppel English law - Definition, Estoppel English law - Major types, Estoppel English law - Reliance-based estoppels, Estoppel English law - Estoppel by representation of fact, Estoppel English law - Equitable estoppel, Estoppel English law - Proprietary estoppel, Estoppel English law - Promissory estoppel, Estoppel English law - Estoppel by acquiescence, Estoppel English law - Other estoppels, Estoppel English law - Issue Estoppel/Res Judicata Read more here: » Estoppel English law: Encyclopedia II - Estoppel English law - Reliance-based estoppels |
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| | | | Birmingham Six: Encyclopedia II - Uses of torture in recent times - Recent instances of torture in selected countries Western democracies tend to have fewer but far higher profile cases, compared to more numerous, lower profile cases in other countries, which introduces a significant element of geographic bias in reporting. Moreover, the following list greatly over-represents countries where information on and evidence of such instances is more readily publicized. In fact, the phenomenon of torture is a characteristic feature of those societies that have no free press or independent courts or in areas prone ...
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| | | | Birmingham Six: Encyclopedia II - 1974 - Events
1974 - January.
January 5 - Dungeons & Dragons officially released.
January 6 - In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States..
January 27 - Brisbane Qld Australia was flooded.
January 30 - G. Gordon Liddy found guilty of Watergate charges
1974 - February.
February 1 - Fire in Joelman Bank Building in Sao Paulo, Brazil - 177 dead, 293 injured, 11 die later of their ...
See also:1974, 1974 - Events, 1974 - January, 1974 - February, 1974 - March, 1974 - April, 1974 - May, 1974 - June, 1974 - July, 1974 - August, 1974 - September, 1974 - October, 1974 - November, 1974 - December, 1974 - Unknown date, 1974 - Births, 1974 - January, 1974 - February, 1974 - March, 1974 - April, 1974 - May, 1974 - June, 1974 - July, 1974 - August, 1974 - September, 1974 - October, 1974 - November, 1974 - December, 1974 - Unknown date, 1974 - Deaths, 1974 - January, 1974 - February, 1974 - March, 1974 - April, 1974 - May, 1974 - June, 1974 - July, 1974 - August, 1974 - September, 1974 - October, 1974 - November, 1974 - December, 1974 - Nobel Prizes, 1974 - Fields Medalists, 1974 - Templeton Prize Read more here: » 1974: Encyclopedia II - 1974 - Events |
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| | | | Birmingham Six: Encyclopedia II - Provisional Irish Republican Army - Notable events
1971: First British soldier on security duties, Gunner Curtis, killed by the IRA in current campaign in North Belfast. Three unarmed British soldiers abducted while off duty in Belfast and subsequently shot. IRA suspected but responsibility never admitted.
1971: Mother of ten, Jean McConville, is abducted and killed by the Provisional IRA, allegedly for informing the British Army of IRA activities, although her family contend that she was killed for comforting a wounded British soldier. The IRA would deny any involveme ...
See also:Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional Irish Republican Army - Origins, Provisional Irish Republican Army - Organisation, Provisional Irish Republican Army - Weaponry and operations, Provisional Irish Republican Army - Categorisation, Provisional Irish Republican Army - Strength and support, Provisional Irish Republican Army - Activities, Provisional Irish Republican Army - The Belfast Agreement, Provisional Irish Republican Army - End of the armed campaign, Provisional Irish Republican Army - Notable events, Provisional Irish Republican Army - P. O'Neill, Provisional Irish Republican Army - Infiltration, Provisional Irish Republican Army - Footnotes Read more here: » Provisional Irish Republican Army: Encyclopedia II - Provisional Irish Republican Army - Notable events |
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| | | | Birmingham Six: Encyclopedia II - Estoppel - Reliance-based estoppels Under English law, estoppel may be:
by representation of fact, where one person asserts the truth of a set of facts to another;
promissory estoppel, where one person makes a promise to another, but there is no enforceable contract; and
proprietary estoppel, where the parties are litigating the title to land.
These are regarded as reliance-based estoppels by Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol 16(2), 2003. Both Halsbury's and Spencer Bower (see below) describe all three estoppels c ...
See also:Estoppel, Estoppel - Overview, Estoppel - Definition, Estoppel - Major types, Estoppel - Reliance-based estoppels, Estoppel - Estoppel by representation of fact, Estoppel - Equitable estoppel, Estoppel - Proprietary estoppel, Estoppel - Promissory estoppel, Estoppel - Other estoppels, Estoppel - Estoppel in pais, Estoppel - Estoppel by convention, Estoppel - Estoppel by acquiescence, Estoppel - Estoppel by deed, Estoppel - Issue Estoppel Read more here: » Estoppel: Encyclopedia II - Estoppel - Reliance-based estoppels |
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