HMCTS is an Executive Agency, meaning they are etablished civil servants but accountable to a board which is accountable to a Secretary of State. Quangos were more arms-length and usually legally sep… (View Post)

In early Latin C and G weren't differentiated, and the convention stuck with nomina. (View Post)

C Julius Caesar. Cognomen on its own or the full tres nomina. (so M Tullius Cicero) The "middle" name was the official surname, the cognomen even if hereditary (like Caesar's) was technical… (View Post)

Also, I have never taken myself off the register when I have moved house, simply failed to register next year - the new householder should complete the return (View Post)

He would have difficulty finding unarmed officers at Heathrow (View Post)