Trust me, I'm a lawyer

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Legal ethics in the United Kingdom are the domain of the Official Solicitor, and Laurence Oates is newly appointed to the post. A recent case involves a baby with a mother with an HIV positive diagnosis, and the task of the Official Solicitor's office was to represent the interests of the baby. Courts call in the Official Solicitor to deal with difficult cases such as this, and there may be no clear cut correct decision, the task is to ensure that the best decision is achieved in the context of difficult circumstances.

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I ran cocaine to save the boy, she said

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Lucella Torres Susunaga was sentenced to seven years in jail for drug smuggling by a British court. She claimed that she had committed the crime because she had been threatened that her grandson would be killed if she did not smuggle drugs. Her grandson was then found dead in Colombia, with a note stating that the boy had been killed because she had talked. Her husband, Petrus Poell, aims to explain to the courts the rationale behind his wife's actions.

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'It's the twins' welfare that matters.'

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The legal aspects of the adoption by Judith and Alan Kilshaw of twin baby girls from the US via the internet are discussed. It now seems very likely that the case will be settled by a US court.

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