Perception, Deception, and Misconception.
by Anna Raccoon on July 9, 2013Several weeks ago, the Daily Mail ran a story concerning two women who had ‘fleeced’ their aunt of £200,000. The Mail gleefully listed the Rolex watches and named the...
View ArticleGiving Potential Victims a Voice!
by Anna Raccoon on August 16, 2013Blimey! You folk have really pi**ed off the authoritarian voice of social services. Congratulations – it does my heart good to see what a difference your voices made.I...
View ArticleHyperbole and the Media.
by Anna Raccoon on February 19, 2014The media, as we have long been aware, are selective when it comes to identifying the news which they think we should find important. ‘If it bleeds, it leads’ is not...
View ArticleWhat Drives a False Allegator?
by Anna Raccoon on October 13, 2014I had expected that I should have been writing a ‘Court of Protection’ story this morning, I spent the week-end bashing my head against possibly the most complex...
View ArticleMounting Court Costs.
by Anna Raccoon on November 28, 2014Behind every great lawyer there is a woman – lugging an immense pile of court papers.Those papers are known as the ‘court bundle’ – and since april of this year,...
View ArticleImmigrants –'Gimme Grants'!
by Anna Raccoon on January 5, 2015Immigrants add to the full richness of British life.There, I’ve said it. Now you can all land on my head and not bother to read the rest of the post.There are a...
View ArticleJanner's Janissaries.
by Anna Raccoon on April 20, 2015Lord Greville Janner’s loyal family and supporters are fighting a futile battle to preserve his reputation in the face of the disingenuous statements from both the CPS...
View ArticleDiscerning Light and Darkness in the Twilight World.
by Anna Raccoon on July 6, 2015The Twilight World, that chamber of horrors complete with trick mirrors distorting reality, and ghostly shrieks from memories past, that some unfortunate individuals are...
View ArticlePrurient Interest v. Public Interest.
by Anna Raccoon on April 25, 2016Regular readers will be aware of my long standing interest in the Court of Protection. It was the Stephen Neary case, first published here, which opened the door to the...
View ArticleHomo Affairs Select Committee
by Anna Raccoon on September 4, 2016I really don’t like Keith Vaz.I don’t like his posturing, his jumping on every available bandwagon, his readiness to ruin the reputation of others and the glee with...
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