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I see the usual client hacks are out saying the Privileges Committee has over-reached itself.
What they fail to mention is that the coordinated abuse began before the report was made public and, therefore, was based on no evidence and must have been purposeful.
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When the report was released, there was no line by line, evidenced, refutation, just the same coordinated allegations of kangaroo court, undemocratic etc.
Parliament and the courts are either sovereign or they are not - which is it?
We all know the answer - for right wingers, those institutipns are sovereign as long as they don't give unfavourable decisions.

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Sep 2, 2022
You won't want to read all of this - as I have. There are points I want to highlight -
1. But for Parliamentary privilege - yes, it applies and Johnson and many other MPs of all parties have seen nothing wrong in using that when it suited them.
2. The conclusion effectively says if it wasn't for Parliamentary privilege the committee's approach would be unlawful.
Ergo, none of his criticisms stand because it does apply.
How many times has it been said that comments made in Parliament would be defamatory if made elsewhere
3. Paragraph 76stagtes the remedy that Parliament set out for those alleging unfairness - this wasn't objected to or changed by this Govt and we are entitled to think until now it thought that remedy was adequate.
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Aug 22, 2022
Sunak claims re 'activist lawyers' -
1. If tens of thousands of voters consider any isue sufficiently important to crowd fund a case, what right has a Govt to stop them doing so?

Rishi vows to crackdown on activist lawyers - 'stop politicising courts' express.co.uk/news/politics/…
2. If any action is vexatious the courts, defendants, and the Attorney General have powers and remedies to apply for dismissal of the action.
3. Govt lawyers & AG can apply for conditions to be attached to any such claim and/or apply to declare the subject a vexatious litigant.
4. The number of judicial review cases is falling so there is less chance of such litigation clogging up the courts, even if it is genuinely vexatious.
5. The GLP ave number of cases is around 10-12 pa out of c. 2,400 pa.
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Warning - this is long and might be a bit boring to some but having now read the full 103 pages of Lord Dyson's Saracens salary cap disciplinary panel decision and PRL regulations this is a summary with comments my brief comments at the end.
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From the judgement I mention the following -

1.Sarries took prelim point that cap unlawful due to competition law
2. However 2 witnesses including Wray said a salary cap was desirable and they were party to original cap and to its retention. Approved changes from 2014/15 onwards.
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1. Practice. Smaller squad, when injuries occur you don't have enough players to have pack v pack scrums and lineouts. You can fit other players in but the contest is not the same & often not possible. Similar for opposed back sessions. More players; more productive sessions
2. Dirt trackers - when you need 'cannon fodder' to hold tackle bags/shields, take hits in tackle practice, act as bodies to be cleared out at breakdowns, you can use non-star players - this lessens the chance of starting players being injured.
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I'v spoken to people from World Rugby and the SRU today about the typhoon disruption. The following seems relevant -
1. All teams signed up to the tournament rules, but they were mindful of the 'robust contingency plans' said to be in place.
2. The typhoon, whilst large and potentially destructive, will not affect the whole country. There are places where posponed games could be played on the scheduled days or shortly after.
3. 2 camps - those wanting to stick to agreement & those wanting flexibility
4. I'm told New Zealand, and this comes from the people I spoke to, not me, insisted on sticking rigidly to the rules because they didn't want a shorter turnaround before the 1/4 finals. They are perfectly entitled to take this view.
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