GPs will often provide a form for you to fill in when you request to change your name, title and/or gender on their records. You do not need a deed poll in order to change your name with them.
I don't know why but I really like this automated account @BAILII
It spits out links to judgements of UK court cases (usually High Court or Court of Appeal) taken from BAILI.
I don't work in the legal profession or anything related to it. I don't understand a lot of legal terminology and certainly don't have access to the reams of case law that the judgements reference.
But within my limited understanding I find even things like this fascinating (it's a very very localised dispute over a small plot of land).
Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg has appeared before magistrates to deny a public order offence after her arrest at a protest in central London. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67425936
The 20-year-old Swedish national was detained at a demonstration near the InterContinental Hotel in Mayfair on 17 October as oil executives met inside.
She pleaded not guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court to breaching Section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986.
I honestly don't understand this. How can simply informing jurors of their rights according to the law, which the judge should presumably do anyway, constitute an offence of any sort, never mind contempt of court? And why is the decision about whether to prosecute made by a Tory MP rather than the Crown Prosecution Service?
In the light of the documentary/article/revelations about [INSERT NAME OF LATEST PREDATORY MAN], I have made note of a few phrases that I’d love to never hear again in the context of rape and sexual assault.
“Shocked and appalled”
"We should teach consent classes!"
"I dated him/married him/met him once in a Costco and he didn’t rape ME!"
Retired social worker Trudi Warner, who faces a possible two years in prison, is asking the Solicitor General to stop proceedings against her for contempt of court. Her alleged crime? Holding a placard.
In March, Warner was standing outside a court in London, where climate protesters were on trial, and held up a sign reading: “Jurors: you have an absolute right to acquit a defendant according to your conscience.”
This legal right was established in 1670, after a judge imprisoned a jury for reaching a verdict he would not accept. The incident gave rise to a new ruling that juries have the freedom to reach decisions independently. Yet holding this sign was enough to put Warner in front of a judge at the Old Bailey – a building with a plaque at the entrance that declares the same legal right.
Pretty amusing story on the surface, but it seems the fine is justified. Busses for the purposes of bus lane usage are defined as "vehicles with at least 10 seats" but if the lane is specifically marked as a "Local Bus Lane" it's specific to busses running local authorized routes.
It's interesting. The legislation allows local authorities to constrain bus lanes to specific types of bus as they may choose, in this case not excursion or tour buses. It's not that it isn't a bus, it's that it's not the right type of bus.
A quick check of the actual regulations appears to confirm that there are no loopholes for this tour bus service.