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Thursday, June 17, 2004 No escaping jury duty, lawyers told The lord chief justice, Lord Woolf, yesterday told judges they must do their duty if called up for jury service, despite judicial concern that a new law removing the bar on judges and lawyers sitting on juries could prove unworkable. Guardian Independent: Barrister told to turn up for jury despite rejections Scotsman: Qc Must Keep Turning Up for Jury Service Telegraph: Judges on juries told not to offer advice to court 7:40:07 AM    comment [] Manchester order bans prostitute A Manchester prostitute has been barred from soliciting anywhere in England and Wales in another innovative use of antisocial behaviour orders. Joette Lydiate will have to try Scotland or Northern Ireland if she is to persist with her trade, which has led to a string of complaints from neighbours in the city's Whalley Range area. Guardian BBC: Street ban for working prostitute Scotsman: Prostitute Banned from Soliciting Throughout England and Wales 7:39:39 AM    comment [] Trip down the high street Last summer, four entrepreneurs stuck their necks out and opened England's first magic mushroom retail outlet. The founders of The Camden Mushroom Company, The Portobello Mushroom Company and Psyche Deli LLP took advantage of a loophole in British law, which says that hallucinogenic mushrooms aren't classed as a drug, unless they're processed or prepared (by freezing or drying, for example). It couldn't last, I thought... Independent 7:39:07 AM    comment [] MSP to back anti-social crackdown Controversial legislation to crack down on anti-social behaviour is set to be approved by the Scottish Parliament. BBC 7:38:39 AM    comment [] Global DNA plan 'worth exploring' A top UK police officer has said there is "value in exploring" the possibility of an international DNA database. John Dickinson, the father of murdered schoolgirl Caroline, has called for the setting up of such a database. BBC Glasgow Evening Times: Dad wants global DNA database to catch killers Western Morning News: Family calls for new global dna database 7:38:13 AM    comment [] © Copyright 2004 Nick Page.

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