In the sentencing of the late Cardinal George Pell, it was his defence lawyer Robert Richter KC who argued the Cardinal should receive a lighter punishment because it was a "plain vanilla" case of abuse. In fact, when somebody in such a senior position of trust commits an offence of that nature, it is a lifelong case of psychological torture for the victims. That is what makes institutional abuse, such as the abuse by jurists and the abuse by the Catholic Church so much worse than other types of abuse.
The Cardinal was later acquitted on appeal. The day I dared to walk into a Carabinieri post, in Italy and explained the similarities between the way the snobby set collaborated to protect paedophiles in both the Church & Debian, the Cardinal died four hours later.
In my case against Reform UK Party Limited, I meekly asked them to pay £5,000, barely 0.1 percent of the controversial £5 million donation, based on Farage's promise to pay for the election. Instead, I received this priceless gem from Farage's own lawyers. Adam Richardson from 4-5 Gray's Inn Square has admitted Nigel Farage is "the Company's own candidate". This is one of those gaffs that may well stand the test of time, like the "plain vanilla" defense. I've never seen a confession like that in democracy before. So much for the promise the Clacton-on-Sea by-election was an opportunity to vote against the Establishment.
Read more about the case against Reform UK Party Limited (CR-2026-007405).
Read more about the case against Reform UK Party Limited (CR-2026-007405).