Charter of uk.legal.moderated
(Moderated)

The purpose of the group is to enable contributors who have genuine legal problems to ask for practical advice from other people (lawyers or laymen) who have had to deal with similar problems in the past. 

A secondary purpose will be to discuss 

	a) topical issues that are relevant to UK[1] law or to lawyers, law enforcement or legislators; 
	b) the UK legal systems and suggested changes in the legal system or the laws of the land; 
	c) international law, if it is relevant to the United Kingdom; 
	d) ethics and morality, in the context of discussions about UK law; 
	e) academic legal issues, to enable law students or laymen to seek help with hypothetical legal questions. 

[1] UK above specifically includes English and Scottish law and for the purpose of the news group the Law governing other jurisdictions very closely related to the UK. 

Moderators may use whatever tools they feel appropriate to ensure the smooth running of the group. 

The moderators shall keep and publish regularly a detailed policy document detailing how moderation is currently performed. 

Moderators should attempt to ensure that discussions can continue without undue delay, and should therefore attempt to make a decision on all posts within a few hours of submission. 

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Posts must be readable as plain text. HTML, RTF and similarly formatted messages are prohibited. To see how to make some common news readers comply with this, read <http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html>. 

Moderator Contacts

Send mail related to the moderation of the group to 

	uk-legal-moderated-request (at) usenet.org.uk.

The submission address is 

	uk-legal-moderated (at) usenet.org.uk.

The group of moderators which controls the moderation of this group is currently made up of: Moderators: 

Marshall Rice 
	<Marshall(at)marshallrice(dot)co(dot)uk>
The Todal 
	<the_todal(at)msn(dot)com>

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