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Mc Camley's Second Law

Posted by Christopher Mc on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, In : Humour

Photoshopped - this never happens in nature

"When the door of a microwave oven, in which has been placed a cup, jug or bowl with a handle, is opened, the propability that the handle will be facing the back of the oven is 1."
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"an absolute rule prohibiting all public participation and discussion by all public servants would prohibit activities which no sensible person in a democratic society would want to prohibit"

Posted by Christopher Mc on Sunday, October 4, 2009, In : Affairs

I have always had an interest in the Law and as friends will know, I have in the past exercised a judicial funtion. So I often have a look at case law from other jurisdictions, particularly as the common law tradition allows judges in one jurisdiction to refer to judgments in other jurisdictions. This case from Canada is rather interesting:

Osborne
(Osborne v. Canada (Treasury Board), [1991] 2 S.C.R. 69)

In this case, a group of federal public servants wanted to participate in various poli...

Professional

Posted by Christopher Mc on Tuesday, June 16, 2009, In : Affairs

I don't know the background to this story and perhaps there are all sorts of political issues we're not aware of. This guy, Martin O'Rourke, a barrister, applied to take silk. He was rejected and then sued and took a judicial review and lost again.

In his judgement the Lord Chief Justice Sir Brian Kerr said Mr O'Rourke had not filled in his application form correctly.

He said: "This was an application to become Queen's Counsel.

"Anyone aspiring to that rank must be capable of careful...

Paper of record

Posted by Christopher Mc on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, In : Church

I wonder has the Irish Times been reading my blog post of yesterday, as they've just picked up the fact that the arrangements announced for Cloyne are somewhat extraordinary and extra-canonical.

Always good to stay ahead of the press.
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Canonical confusion

Posted by Christopher Mc on Monday, March 9, 2009, In : Church

Back to Cloyne for a moment.

This is all very strange. I had a quick flick through the Code and I cannot find any legislation governing the current situation in Cloyne. As the various news reports and press releases have made clear, Bishop Magee has not actually resigned. I presumed originally he'd resigned as allowed for by Canon 401.2:

A diocesan Bishop who, because of illness or some other grave reason, has become unsuited for the fulfilment of his office, is earnestly requested to offe...

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