Theodolite

Any programme on Summerland is better than no programme at all. The perspective of Ruth McQuillan was new. Perhaps we should do what the Isle of Man seems to be good at and say, blame her for being there, or just say tough luck get on with your life. The broadcast made the Manx Radio news and is on BBC Listen Again here.

Didn't Alan Pickard marry one of his pupils too? Wally retired from actual teaching a year or two before he retired, some classes were just left to teach themselves.

Isle of Man Courts Website Wendy Baines' appeal fails. The most significant words in the judgment to my mind are: (my italics) and I wonder how many times in the future the Isle of Man Courts will be presented with this judgment as a significant precedent

CoMin plus their merry band of ar$elickers in the rest of Tynwald.

David Cannan does not appear...? To my mind, he is the most experienced, intelligent and capable out of the lot of them. Edited to add: It is Graham Cregeen, not Greegan. To be honest though, I don't think it particularly matters.

Well said.

The Attorney general has spoken. I wonder does he mean it or is this so that he can retire on the moral high ground? extracted from the Isle of Man Examiner front page report: I hope he means it although from my angle it's a bit late in the day for him to be making such comments about the reputation of the Manx Legal Profession and such matters. Anyway, I hope his successor takes the same attitude.

I agree. It would be farcical to have spent multi-millions on a prison just to have a few inmates. At a time when the Isle of Man was awash with cash due to overpaid VAT, the arguments were made for a super dooper top-notch prison (in much the same way we have an exceedingly expensive New Hospital, New Power Station, New 'All-Island' Sewage System, New leisure Centre and New Incinerator. Other stuff too). Put quite simply, all those well-paid prison workers salaries and pension and the huge capital outlay have to be justified. .....lock 'em up.

Plus he's done the book. It's a whoppa and the best thing ever for placing the computer monitor on to raise it a couple of inches.

You bastard...

You couldn't resist it though. Ian.

Fair point.

Don't expect the judgment to necessarily reflect what happened in court (which might be fair enough because some will say that a judge will inevitably need to condense proceedings into what he/she believes is relevant to a written judgment). but especially don't expect the online judgment to reflect the judgment handed down by the judge... This is, remember, the Isle of Man. The courts and the employees are cosily situated within the highly lucrative web of the Isle of Man Legal Industry.

Quite ironic as he was the sacrificial lamb when the SIB went tits up, Mr Moroney being (I think) younger than Ms Holt at the time He took much of the flack whilst his two co-nominee directors got away relatively unscathed, one of them having a stroke, or as many put it "a stroke of luck" When the Savings and Investment Bank collapsed, Mark Moroney was in his mid-thirties but would have been in his 40s when the case eventually came to trial. His experience and knowledge from the SIB would have no doubt stood him in good stead for all those people wanting to invest money and stuff like that on the Isle of Man. Maybe that is why Bainesy used Moroneys? After reading out the verdict, Acting Deemster David Turner said to Holt: "It is a very sad day for you but it is a long life. You might think everything is in ruins but it isn't." Source It is a pity that Mark (now retired) couldn't have done more for the staff of his firm but I would say that Ms Holt may have an excellent future in front of her. After his not dissimilar experiences it certainly did Mr Moroney no harm.

Yep, that is what I mean. Our local clowns have been taking the p*55 for far too long. When it comes to advocates doing just about what they please, they've been letting the 'tail wag the dog' for far, far too long. *phrase courtesy of Deemster Kerruish RIP